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Comment by The_Rob | Hacker News Reader

Comparing LLM responses to heroine is insane.

I'm not saying they're equivalent; I'm saying that they're both dangerous, and I think taking the position that we shouldn't take any steps to prevent the danger because some people may end up thinking they "want" it is unreasonable.

No one sane uses baseline webui 'personality'. People use LLMs through specific, custom APIs, and more often than not they use fine tune models, that _assume personality_ defined by someone (be it user or service provider).

Look up Tavern AI character card.

I think you're fundamentally mistaken.

I agree that to some users use of the specific LLMs for the specific use cases might be harmful but saying (default AI 'personality') that web ui is dangerous is laughable.

heroin is the drug, heroine is the damsel :)

You’re absolutely right!

The number of heroine addicts is significantly lower than the number of ChatGPT users.

I am with you. Insane comparisons are the first signs of an activist at work.

I don't know how to interpret this. Are you suggesting I'm, like, an agent of some organization? Or is "activist" meant only as a pejorative?

I can't say that I identify as any sort of AI "activist" per se, whatever that word means to you, but I am vocally opposed to (the current incarnation of) LLMs to a pretty strong degree. Since this is a community forum and I am a member of the community, I think I am afforded some degree of voicing my opinions here when I feel like it.

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