The left-wing case for AI

the_snooze

These benefits make sense up-front, but we have 15+ years of direct experience with "democratizing" technology that ultimately end up ensnaring people. Unless you get these benefits from a local model, you're establishing a deep dependency on an AI service provider whose interests may not necessarily align with yours.

spacebacon

Code switch at the token level. https://huggingface.co/spaces/RiverRider/zooL4nD3r-demo

delichon

> if you believe left-wing views are correct ... you might believe that a very smart model will inherently be kind of left-wing. How can we educate people to understand that LLMs get their values from their (infinetly maleable) weights rather than intelligence or reasoning? Maybe some exposure to truly non aligned, sick and twisted LLMs would immunise people against giving more ordinary ones too much authority. Or maybe, like a not fully innactivated pathogen vaccine, it would spread the infection.

Jgrubb

> I wonder what we’d find if we rigorously compared the baseline teacher error rate with the hallucination rate of current LLMs. The teacher stands in from of the class, but the lesson plan he can't recall. The students eyes don't perceive the lies mounted on every fucking wall. His composure is well kept. I guess he fears playing the fool. The complacent students sit and listen to that bullshit that he learned in school. This lyric pops in my head a lot.

demorro

This reads more like the liberal case for AI, and not the left wing case so much. The code switching section in particular is not a left-wing position at all, unless the idea is that the code-switching is used as a temporary measure to dismantle the idea of class itself.

tim333

I would have thought a better case could be the >From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs thing might be able to be done ok with AI sorting it.

thedevilslawyer

This is a fantastic essay. If it makes one liberal/left leaning person rethink, it would have served its purpose. Just goes to show that when pay or compensation is impacted, liberals can turn conservative. It takes strength to avoid this pitfall.