ArdWrknTrk Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 This is why I miss Alta Vista! Or even Netscape.... Even* Firefox and Duck,duck,go don't serve me what I request 100% of the time. At least I've found a way to turn off the AI garbage synopsis generated by Google. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/microsoft-in-damage-control-mode-says-it-will-prioritize-security-over-ai/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-delays-data-scraping-recall-feature-again-commits-to-public-beta-test/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 14 Author Share Posted June 14 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/microsoft-in-damage-control-mode-says-it-will-prioritize-security-over-ai/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/microsoft-delays-data-scraping-recall-feature-again-commits-to-public-beta-test/ Microsoft has a long way to go to become trusted. Admitting to Congress that they could have and should have done more to protect us is one thing. But not acknowledging that the whistleblower was right suggests that they speak with forked tongue. And then the Recall thing suggests that they don't mean what they say. Having said that, this may be a bit like Boeing. Correcting the ingrained mindset is a very difficult thing. So instead of saying “If you’re faced with the tradeoff between security and another priority, your answer is clear: Do security," maybe they should say that not "doing security" will be a career-limiting move. As for "tying executives' salary to meeting security goals", that sounds good but w/o knowing how stringent those goals are we shouldn't applaud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 Microsoft has a long way to go to become trusted. Admitting to Congress that they could have and should have done more to protect us is one thing. But not acknowledging that the whistleblower was right suggests that they speak with forked tongue. And then the Recall thing suggests that they don't mean what they say. Having said that, this may be a bit like Boeing. Correcting the ingrained mindset is a very difficult thing. So instead of saying “If you’re faced with the tradeoff between security and another priority, your answer is clear: Do security," maybe they should say that not "doing security" will be a career-limiting move. As for "tying executives' salary to meeting security goals", that sounds good but w/o knowing how stringent those goals are we shouldn't applaud. Absolutely! He who gives up their freedom for security deserves neither. (paraphrasing Franklin) But the 21st century is a whole new paradigm. Look at the cop in Evansville ID who was creeping social media with their facial recognition software. Add link***. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/cop-busted-for-unauthorized-use-of-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-resigns/ There is no place that is 'safe' unless you live like Ted Kazinsky in a remote cabin in Montana with no electricity, and no toaster that calls home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 Absolutely! He who gives up their freedom for security deserves neither. (paraphrasing Franklin) But the 21st century is a whole new paradigm. Look at the cop in Evansville ID who was creeping social media with their facial recognition software. Add link***. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/cop-busted-for-unauthorized-use-of-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-resigns/ There is no place that is 'safe' unless you live like Ted Kazinsky in a remote cabin in Montana with no electricity, and no toaster that calls home. This is an interesting explanation of why LLM's lie like a rug. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/researchers-describe-how-to-tell-if-chatgpt-is-confabulating/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 This is an interesting explanation of why LLM's lie like a rug. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/researchers-describe-how-to-tell-if-chatgpt-is-confabulating/ That is interesting. But "semantic entropy" is one of those "I've got it, I've got it - I ain't got it" things. I think I understand it but may or probably don't. But this statement helps: "To use an example from the researchers' paper, "Paris," "It's in Paris," and "France's capital, Paris" are all valid answers to "Where's the Eiffel Tower?" So, statistical uncertainty, termed entropy in this context, can arise either when the LLM isn't certain about how to phrase the right answer or when it can't identify the right answer." Then adding "sematic" to "entropy" seems to mean the uncertainty with exactly how to phrase something. In other words, I knows the right answer but isn't exactly sure how to phrase it. Anyway, if they can come up with a way to prevent confabulation the LLMs will be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 That is interesting. But "semantic entropy" is one of those "I've got it, I've got it - I ain't got it" things. I think I understand it but may or probably don't. But this statement helps: "To use an example from the researchers' paper, "Paris," "It's in Paris," and "France's capital, Paris" are all valid answers to "Where's the Eiffel Tower?" So, statistical uncertainty, termed entropy in this context, can arise either when the LLM isn't certain about how to phrase the right answer or when it can't identify the right answer." Then adding "sematic" to "entropy" seems to mean the uncertainty with exactly how to phrase something. In other words, I knows the right answer but isn't exactly sure how to phrase it. Anyway, if they can come up with a way to prevent confabulation the LLMs will be useful. BEGIN to be useful.... 🧐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 BEGIN to be useful.... 🧐 https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/the-telltale-words-that-could-identify-generative-ai-text/ Turing, or no...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/the-telltale-words-that-could-identify-generative-ai-text/ Turing, or no...? Not sure I understand the question. But I delved into the article and found a significant, almost crucial, potential for causing a pandemic in the use of these words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Not sure I understand the question. But I delved into the article and found a significant, almost crucial, potential for causing a pandemic in the use of these words. We're already at the point where LLM pass the Turing test. I'm saying is this a "tell" that would unmask an AI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 We're already at the point where LLM pass the Turing test. I'm saying is this a "tell" that would unmask an AI? Ah, AI I don't think I'm going to care much about the emotions my computer feels. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/could-ais-become-conscious-right-now-we-have-no-way-to-tell/ Like I pointed out above, we're some 23 orders of magnitude away from silicon (or whatever replaces it) from having a human level of neural network. But breakthroughs happen every day and Nvidia is really at the forefront of processors. (Kudo's to Jensen Huang) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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