On: Mistral releases ‘unmoderated’ chatbot via torrent

[Kerb_]

If we're pushing goalposts, let's ban pencils and keyboards for that exact reason. Running local language models at least require a few hundred bucks more in startup costs and far more electricity than a word document or a notebook. In fact, we might as well promote illiteracy to prevent people from being able to read harmful content altogether.

[llamaimperative → Kerb_]

“The technology is transformative when good, pretty much equivalent to pencils when bad!”

[Kerb_ → llamaimperative]

I would also consider mass literacy and the means to store information, such as pencils and digital documents, to be transformative on their own.

[thelastparadise → Kerb_]

Papyrus, and later the printing press, were absolutely positive, socially-revolutionary technologies.