Ɖ Gardịn vy on ĆatJPT: an īṛli gd hymn imprṣnetr
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 8 Dec. 2022)
Arṭfiśl intelijns z nt arṭfiśl conśsnis – bt it stl nīdz t b reğletd t cīp ppl sef
Ʈrzde 8 Dsmbr 2022
Probbli ɖ bst softwér program fr imprṣnetñ hymnz evr rlist t ɖ public z ĆatJPT. Sć z its apil ɖt wɖn dez v its lōnć last wīc, ɖ bos v ɖ arṭfiśl-intelijns cumṗni bhnd ɖ ćatbót, OpnAI, twītd ɖt 1 miłn ppl hd logd on. Fes-bc n Spoṭfî tc munʈs t atract ɖt levl v ingejmnt. Its alur z obvịs: ĆatJPT cn jeṇret jocs, craft unḍgrajụt esez n criet cmpytrcod fṛm a śort raitñpromt.
Ɖr’z nʈñ ny in softwér ɖt pṛdysz fluwnt n chiṛnt prǒz. ĆatJPT’z prīdisesr, ɖ Jenṛtiv Prītrênd Trnsformr 3 (JPT-3), cd d ɖt. Bʈ wr trênd on an unimajiṇbli larj amǎnt v deta t ansr qsćnz in a b’liṿbl we. Bt ĆatJPT hz bn fîn-tynd bî biyñ féd ɖ deta on hymn “convseśnz”, ẃć sgnificntli incrist ɖ truʈflnis n inforṃtivnis v its ansrz.
Īvn so, ĆatJPT stl pṛdysz ẃt its mcrz admit wl b “plōzibl-sǎndñ bt inc̣rect or nonsnsicl ansrz”. Ɖs mt b a big probḷm on ɖ inṭnet, az mni webplatformz d’nt hv ɖ tūlz nīdd t pṛtct ɖmslvz agnst a flud v AI-jeṇretd content. Stac Oṿflo, a websait ẃr yzrz cn fînd ansrz t programñqsćnz, bánd ĆatJPT-pṛdyst posts, az its hymn moḍretrz cd nt dīl wɖ ɖ volym v b’liṿbl bt roñ rplîz. Denjrz lrc in gvñ ǎt tūlz ɖt cd b yzd t maspṛdys fec nyz n “trolñ n grīfñ” meṣjz.
Letñ lūs ĆatJPT rezz ɖ qsćn v ẃɖr content pṛdyst aftr Dsmbr 2022 cn b trūli trustd. A hymn oʈr z laybl fr ɖer wrc in a we AI z nt. Arṭfiśl intelijns z nt arṭfiśl conśsnis. ĆatJPT dz nt nǒ ẃt it z dwñ; it z unebl t se hǎ or ẃ it pṛdyst a rspons; it hz no grasp v hymn xpirịns; n canot tel f it z mcñ sns or nonsns. Ẃl OpnAI hz sefgardz t rfyz in’proprịt rqsts, sć az t tel yzrz hǎ t cmit crîmz, ɖz cn b srcmvntd. AI’z ptnśl fr harm śd nt b unḍesṭmetd. In ɖ roñ handz, it cd b a wepn v mas dstrux́n.
A pepr ɖs yir śoud ẃt cd hapn ẃn a simpl mśīnlrnñ modl mnt t wīd ǎt toxiṣti wz rīprṗst t sīc it ǎt. Wɖn aurz it cem p wɖ 40,000 substnsz, includñ nt onli VX nrvgas bt olso uɖr noun cemicl wepnz, az wel az mni cmplitli ny ptnśl toxinz. Stuxnet, a sîbrwepn bilt bî ɖ YS n Izrel, wz yzd t saḅtāj sntṛfyjz yzd bî Iran’z ńclir program mor ɖn a deced ago. Nwn nz ẃt wl hapn t sć tecnoḷjiz f ɖ softwér enɉnirz v ɖ fyćr wl ɖmslvz b softwér programz.
JPT-3 cd nt rait a lîn v cod, n OpnAI rīmodld it t criet softwér – cōld Codx – ɖt dd. Ẃn cmpytrsayntists entrd Codx intu xamz alñsd frst-yir stydnts, ɖ softwér ǎtṗformd most v its hymn pirz. “Hymn oṿsît n vijiḷns z rqîrd,” OpnAI’z rsrćrz hv wornd. Ɖt injuñśn śd olso aplî t ĆatJPT. Ɖ YY hz gn a loñ we t pṛvîd pṛtx́nz fr sitiznz fṛm ptnṣ́li harmfl ysz v AI. Britn’z aproć, so far, ofrz litl – a wuri az saynsfix́n bcmz saynsfact.
