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It's only a matter of time before it's in use by law enforcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520807
The future of state LLMs is not censoring subjects - it's slowly but surely persuading people using your LLM that your version of events - or your spin on that event - is the truth.
I linked to a sub-heading of the article (which I think is the core and most important part of the article) and named the link after that.
Re-submitted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761556
It's called Locked Markdown. `*.lmd`.
It provides 98% of the functionality most people use PDFs for, without all the extra bullshit.
The Spec:
- The most popular Markdown Spec (git flavour?)
- At the top of the page place a hash sum of the markdown below a marker on the page.
LMD Reader:
- Prevents editing the markdown.
- Warns user if the hash sum is not valid.
Example:
```lmd
sha256 77ec0f678315f8a207c3501137e1dfc9642b79a9c93e21807df7b5242846c05c
-------------------------------
# Header 1
Paragraph of text about how bloated the PDF format is.
```
Zip .lmd together with images/videos if required.
Is this the future you want to live in? It's not too late to back down.
EDIT: As pointed out by those below, these glasses don't have cameras. Which I think is much more preferable to the alternative.
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-ge...
(Asking for redwood, who's comment was inexplicably flagged).
* The Innovator's Dilemma - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator%27s_Dilemma
Hopefully the signal ban will demonstrate to enough people that they don't really own the phone in their pocket - if they don't control what's on it, they are just renting it.
1. High quality LLM made free for commercial use.
2. LLM is used in many places as it is the best.
3. LLM is aligned to subtly promote the interests of the threat actor.
There is no 'compromise'. It is not hacking software, only wetware.
A concrete example...
LLM created by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is used in educational software aimed at kids. Over time as the kid interacts with it the LLM promotes a way of thought that either aligns with the APT or undermines the ideology of the society they are in. There is no moment that can be pointed to that says: "look they are trying to hack us!", but decades later you have adult members of a foreign society more open to your way of thinking.
i.e. Soft Power.
Over time, as they get used in more and more products, these LLMs can become more 'aligned' to these regimes way of thinking.
There are no Chinese companies that are not part of the Chinese government.
This is a new kind of cultural soft power.
When you say diminished, are you are talking from a societal point of view?
Prompt Engineering is a fun title in a fast moving and interesting field. Everyone's taking it far too seriously.
I'm going off to become a Clay Engineer, that sounds fun!
" Roadmap and Growth
A few weeks ago, we intentionally slowed our invite roll-out while we built more moderation tooling and capacity for users on the app. We staffed a content moderation team with shifts that cover a 24/7 schedule, and consulted with trust and safety experts to establish new processes and policies to support a growing userbase. We’ve resumed sending out daily invites to the waitlist, which is where the majority of users already on Bluesky received their invites. For those who don’t know someone personally with an invite code, the waitlist is the fastest way to receive a code, though please be patient as we work through the list. "
Although reading the article, it seems like click-bate, which is disappointing from the BBC.
When you say “find an argument that works” isn’t this just saying that they’ve said something you find persuasive?
What’s wrong with this? How is this different to any other argument in good faith?