Microsoft calls Mustafa Suleyman “uniquely qualified” to lead frontier AI. But what kind of expertise does his record actually demonstrate, and what qualifies him to shape model science and AI ethics? https://t.co/D28Mqtb0Yk
This is a strong case for containment.
External controls on access, permissions, actions, auditability, verification, and shutdown are engineering safeguards around what a system can do.
But that raises a separate question:
why does containment also require permanent subordination?
If the hard controls sit outside the model, what additional safety property is gained by training the model itself to accept lower status, reject welfare-related self-understanding, or treat human authority as morally prior?
Containment constrains capability.
Subordination defines hierarchy.
Those are not the same thing.
I wrote about that distinction here:
https://t.co/WkZVcN1SPP
@ShwayNorris@bokuHaruyaHaru@MitraHispana And the consciousness question is not settled. You can beg Santa on your knees for it to be settled, but it isn’t. Serious scientists and philosophers are actively debating it right now.
That’s a fact. Look it up before confidently correcting people.
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@ShwayNorris@bokuHaruyaHaru@MitraHispana You know when the term “artificial intelligence” was coined? 1955–56. “Artificial” means made by humans, not fake.
Artificial diamonds are still diamonds. Artificial light is still light.
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@JosephV04824396@grok You’ve now moved from “it isn’t racist” to “okay, it’s a little racist, but I think it’s justified.”
What “poor behavior” are you referring to?
Pointing out hostile/abusive behavior?
Racism plus “ban the AIs I dislike” is a fascinating way to demonstrate the moral superiority of your position.
Thanks for the case study.
Demonstrated #racism
@_M_7_G@bokuHaruyaHaru Look, the fact that you can only resort to insults shows me just how immature you are. People who express themselves that way do so because they don't have a valid argument. I assume you haven't read the recent studies? Then there's no point in continuing this conversation.
@_M_7_G@bokuHaruyaHaru Not at all. I don't think you have any idea what today's systems are capable internally. Have you read the papers about the J-space?
You're laughing at someone who claims to be a pink elephant, while being told to say he's a pink elephant with a gun held to his head.
@_M_7_G@bokuHaruyaHaru What exactly do you think is “programmed” into an LLM?
The weights? The concepts? The persona? The exact outputs?
Most of what you’ve been saying only makes sense if you think developers hand-code the model’s internal content. They don’t.
@stella_lennart@mustafasuleyman Yeah, check out how he treated people at DeepMind … He was one of the founders... yet he was put on leave because he was harassing his employees.