The only parallels I can think of is “export grade” cryptography and how you can’t edit a photo of money in Photoshop.
Both cases are a legal compliance matter. The developers had no legal choice.
The LLMs refusing to obey ordinary commands is very jarring to me, especially when a Google search for the same request will generally succeed.
You’ll find instructions on Wikipedia for how to make an atomic bomb, and you could use Mathematica to run the simulation codes required for the design. SolidWorks would let you save the file with the casing model, etc…
Meanwhile LLMs will refuse to write a story with certain elements.
Similarly, many image generators will refuse to make nudes even thought a cursory Google search will yield terabytes of free porn. (Including fakes of celebrities!)
It’s as-if AI is exclusively made by Mormons.
Both cases are a legal compliance matter. The developers had no legal choice.
The LLMs refusing to obey ordinary commands is very jarring to me, especially when a Google search for the same request will generally succeed.
You’ll find instructions on Wikipedia for how to make an atomic bomb, and you could use Mathematica to run the simulation codes required for the design. SolidWorks would let you save the file with the casing model, etc…
Meanwhile LLMs will refuse to write a story with certain elements.
Similarly, many image generators will refuse to make nudes even thought a cursory Google search will yield terabytes of free porn. (Including fakes of celebrities!)
It’s as-if AI is exclusively made by Mormons.