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AI Realism and Toxicity
- Dan McQuillan expresses concern over academics accepting AI's inevitability and overlooking its toxicity.
- He emphasizes the need to resist AI's influence on everyday life.
The Danger of "Responsible" AI Management
- McQuillan criticizes the "realistic" approach to AI as more dangerous than boosterism.
- He argues that these seemingly responsible intellectuals are making decisions about AI's management for the rest of us.
How LLMs Work
- Large language models (LLMs) are essentially text prediction machines.
- They manipulate statistical optimizations to fill in blanks, creating plausible but meaningless text.