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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gadersd via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] H+ Academy Discussion - AI Pause vs. Proceed<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am told chat gpt already memorized all the worlds religious text ok cool but what if... it is trained on only that material and nothing else?<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>>…If enough training data were collected such a model would have a very fantastical view of the world…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sure, of course.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>… It would be an interesting experiment…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It would be interesting if I make a buttload off of it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But that leads to part 2 of my thought experiment. Since I can get the training material which is more or less of a similar point of view already in ASCII format on CDs for a reasonable (very low) price since it is almost advertisement, I probably can make a pastor-GPT. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gadersd, or anyone else: the second part of it is this: just because I can, does it mean I should?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja I know it is weird for me (of all people) to consider ethics when there is a buttload of money to be made, but this is a specific area where I realize there is real harm possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>