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OpenAI Quietly Deletes Ban on Using ChatGPT for “Military and Warfare” (theintercept.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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The Pentagon has its eye on the leading AI company, which this week softened its ban on military use.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

So while this is obviously bad, did any of you actually think for a moment that this was stopping anything? If the military wants to use ChatGPT, they're going to find a way whether or not OpenAI likes it. In their minds they may as well get paid for it.

[–] NounsAndWords 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean the military with access to a massive trove of illegal surveillance (aka training data), and billions of dollars in dark money to spend, that is always on the bleeding edge of technological advancement?

That military? Yeah, they've definitely been in on this one for a while.

[–] Aqarius 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't Israel say they use an AI to pick bombing targets?

[–] Linkerbaan 2 points 1 year ago

Likely just a people detector over a drone image. Find the densest location and bomb it.

[–] yamanii 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Arms salesman are just as guilty, fuck off with this "Others would do it too!", they are the ones doing it now, they deserve to at least getting shit for it. Sam Altman was always a snake.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You seem to think I said it was OK. I never did.

[–] yamanii 3 points 1 year ago

Oh, carry on then.

[–] b3an 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can see them having their own GPT, using the model and their own data. Not using the tool to send secret info ‘out’ and back in to their own system.

[–] CosmoNova 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can see the CIA flooding foreign countries with fake news during elections. All automated! It really was inevitable.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 4 points 1 year ago

Automated, and personalised.

Why restrict to foreign countries?

[–] LemmyIsFantastic -1 points 1 year ago

The DoD is happy to use commercial services as long as the security meets their needs.

They likely have a private version running on gov cloud high though.