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I was thinking this as well.

> Due to the sensitive nature of this model and of the biological threat creation use case, the research-only model that responds directly to biologically risky questions (without refusals) is made available to our vetted expert cohort only. We took several steps to ensure security, including in-person monitoring at a secure facility and a custom model access procedure, with access strictly limited to the period of the experiment. Additional considerations regarding information hazards and security protocols are detailed in the Appendix.

This is well past cringe. A lot of what the AI community puts out feels like they're LARPing scientists, similar to the valid question of whether Software Engineering is actually engineering.



Truth. AI researchers need to work with actual scientists or they ended up with the same brain-in-a-jar problems that their models have...


The difference between a software engineer and a programmer is similar to the difference between a mechanical designer and a mechanical engineer. After several years doing the same job in a well-established organization, they're not going to perform all that differently.




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