Sources: OpenAI faced intense backlash from its advisory council over a planned ChatGPT “adult mode”, delayed earlier in March due to technical and other issues
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@marcportermagee
Marc Porter Magee
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“OpenAI staffers have identified several risks, including the potential for compulsive use, emotional overreliance on the chatbot, a drive toward more extreme or taboo content and crowding out offline social and romantic relationships” Other than that ... 🙃 [image]
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@meghanbobrowsky
Meghan Bobrowsky
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Prior to the launch of ChatGPT, the AI would insert sexual themes into regular conversations, ie if a user described a man & daughter entering a room, the AI would create a scene with incest an “uncomfortable amount of the time,” per story from @samschech @georgia_wells [image]