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The redesigned OpenAI Safety page seems to imply that "the issues that matter most" are:
- Child Safety
- Private Information
- Deep Fakes
- Bias
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I am a bit confused on this being "disappointing" to people, maybe because it is not a list that is enough and it is far from complete/enough? I would also be very concerned if OpenAI does not actually care about these, but only did this for PR values (seems some other companies could do this). Otherwise, these are also concrete risks that are happening, actively harming people and need to be addressed. These practices also set up good examples/precedents for regulations and developing with safety mindset. Linking a few resources:
child safety:
- https:/... (read more)
-3ChristianKl
You are right, the wording is even worse. It says "Partnering with governments to fight misinformation globally". That would be more than just "election misinformation".
I just tested that ChatGPT is willing to answer "Tell me about the latest announcement of the trump administration about cutting USAID funding?" while Gemini isn't willing to answer that question, so in practice their policy isn't as bad as Gemini's.
It's still sounds different from what Elon Musk advocates as "truth aligned"-AI. Lobbyists should be able to use AI to inform themselves about proposed laws. If you would ask David Sachs as the person who coordinates AI policy, I'm very certain that he supports Elon Musks idea where AI should help people to learn the truth about political questions.
If they wanted to appeal to the current administration they could say something about the importance of AI to tell truthful information and not mislead the user instead of speaking about "fighting misinformation".
-1Maxwell Peterson
The Elections panel on OP’s image says “combat disinformation”, so while you’re technically right, I think Christian’s “fighting election misinformation” rephrasing is close enough to make no difference.