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AverageCowboyCentaur t1_jcdeiia wrote

And they just integrated Chat GPT4 the most advanced AI that's ever existed... fan-freaking-tastic, this wont backfire, nothing bad is going to happen!

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elehman839 t1_jceao49 wrote

Microsoft cut a particular "Ethics and Society" team, but the original article notes:

Microsoft still maintains an active Office of Responsible AI, which is tasked with creating rules and principles to govern the company’s AI initiatives. The company says its overall investment in responsibility work is increasing despite the recent layoffs.

While surely a big deal for people on the eliminated team, this sounds like a minor reshuffle for Microsoft.

In general, figuring out what an effective "responsible AI" team actually does on a day-to-day basis has been a puzzle industry-wide. My impression is that there's been a fair amount of experimentation, and this action might be shutting down a particular approach that is now perceived by Microsoft leadership as less effective than alternatives.

Or else GPT4 hacked the HR system and liquidated some potential foes.

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cryonic0 t1_jcdmww5 wrote

I don't think the most advanced AI is public yet

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LilG1984 t1_jcdxzpr wrote

Yes fellow human, nothing bad is going to happen. Beep boop

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TheMaskedImp t1_jce701u wrote

At least we all know who to blame once the robots take over...i thought Amazon would be to blame ngl

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cleopete t1_jce6wrw wrote

And to think "Demonseed" seemed so dumb in the 70's...

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AverageCowboyCentaur t1_jcetdw7 wrote

That's one of my favorite classic movies! Got me into sci-fi, me and my mom rented it on a whim when I was a lad. We didn't know what it was, scared the hell out of me, such a great movie.

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cleopete t1_jcfqmk0 wrote

I was like 7 when it was an ABC Wednesday Night Movie (back before the networks discovered reality TV), and that movie left me with a lot of questions.

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