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EU Parliament bans AI use on government work devices as security fears rise (www.techradar.com)

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[+] Greddan@feddit.org 43 points 1 month ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah, it is WAY too easy to personify an LLM.

It is also surprising how many people don't seem to care.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 month ago

I feel like this is a filter for that demographic.

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

HOW though? I periodically check if an LLM can run a passable one on one D&D esque game and they can't even remember who is who or what they said a few paragraphs ago.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Human nature, we have personified objects for millennia, humans have personified everything from the sun, to automatic rifles, to boats, to the weather, to cars, to mountains and much much more.

Remember religion? It makes people personify a concept.

Now, none of what we have personified in the past have ever been able to respond to us directly, people sang to the weather for rain, the weather never responded at all, let alone by talking, but people would recognize patterns that could be seen as a response if interpreted correctly.

So people thought they could talk to the weather.

People pray to god, and as people are excellent at pattern recognition they would interpret any random coincidence as an answer.

People are personifying LLMs as they see it as a magic computer that is friendly and can respond naturally in their own language, with semi verifiable facts.

There are a few reasons as to why personifying LLMs have been super charged compared to other things.

It actually responds in a normal language
It can seem to understand a specific context
It can respond with semi verifiable data
It is programmed to work to keep the user happy, reinforcing their beliefs

Look at point 1, normal language matters a LOT, people are comfortable with normal language, even if the grammar is obvious and slightly weird.

Point 2, this means that the user can feel as is the entity can remember added details later in the conversation.

Point 3, this is an important point, seeing as the major LLMs now have access to the internet, they can now answer questions and quote sources, sources that most people skip reading, yet believes that the mere presence of source links is enough to verify the data.

Point 4, this makes it so that the user get's emotionally invested, amplifying the effect of the above points

[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's kinda scary honestly, but I guess feeling like I have no intrinsic self worth and thus being extremely skeptical about any entity thats nice to me all the time finally has an upside!.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

I just imagine an LLM as an attractive woman in a business suit with a clear name tag, pretty to look at, but someone who represents a business nothing more.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So, sending data to the cloud is banned, not "AI"s, no?

[–] SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Correct. The title is clickbait. The actual content doesn’t support the “all AI is bad” fever being stirred up.

In any case, governments banning access to cloud-based AI is nothing new - Italy and the Czech Republic both come to mind (though I think the later was a knee jerk reaction).

At this stage, it's probably a good preventative measure to not send sensitive information to the cloud (aka someone else's computer), especially a cloud in a foreign territory.

Common sense, that applies from individual to government level: don't yeet your sensitive data helter skelter. Host your own secure infrastructure.

[–] johlits@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If banning Cloud then might as well ban Windows.

[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 9 points 1 month ago

Banning Windows is a good idea actually. Amazingly ineffective and anticustomer piece of software.

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

ai ai ai. finally