Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI

Many Are Focused on the Wrong Questions When it Comes to AI

Discussing the history of weapons, George Orwell argued that some, like tanks, naturally lend themselves to despotism because they are complex, expensive and difficult to make, while others, like muskets and rifles, are “inherently democratic.” I’ve always remembered that notion, so when ChatGPT burst into public consciousness in November of 2022, I immediately thought about how much ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs) looked like a t…