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The public discourse was very different then. Misinformation, bias, etc. Those in power were much more concerned about an LLM saying something unapproved.

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Agree. It was more a worry that someone would create a bot posting lies and bigoted ideas to Facebook/X etc.

Wild that we just accept that today, honestly.

Wrongthink should be banned!

Look up how the wireless radio helped spread European fascism. It's not about "the people can think this but can't think that", it's "how does this new communication platform change the existing political culture and how will we adapt?"

A tedious response, no?

“Automated bots posting verifiably false information online to stir up tensions should be banned” is a statement I think plenty would agree with.

Wild that we accept that OpenAI didn't want to deal with the social/political fallout of people realizing that their tool was responsible for flooding the internet with misinformation and bigotry?

Sure, now that all seems quaint, but I can definitely see how a fledgling AI company would care about their reputation.

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