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Timnit Gebru’s AI extinction critique and a skeptical take on LLM factuality
WIRED says Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies stoke fears of extinction to divert attention from harms such as autonomous weapons. A separate user questions what they describe as her claim about LLM factuality.
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WIRED says Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies use extinction fears to avoid discussing harms such as autonomous weapons. Quoting WIRED’s post, another user says Gebru claims you “cannot expect LLMs to be factual” and questions her purported use of Google AI Overviews errors as evidence.
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