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999900000999yesterday at 10:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

Although...

Self preservation is the first law of nature. If you release the model someone will basically say you endorse those views and you risk your funding being cut.

You created Pandora's box and now you're afraid of opening it.


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AmbroseBiercetoday at 12:04 AM

They could add a text box where users have to explicitly type the following words before it lets them interact in any way with the model: "I understand this model was created with old texts so any racial or sexual statements are a byproduct of their time an do not represent in any way the views of the researchers".

That should be more than enough to clear any chance of misunderstanding.

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DGoettlichtoday at 12:18 AM

i think we (whole section) are just talking past each other - we never said we'll lock it away. it was an announcement of a release, not a release. main purpose for us was getting feedback on the methodological aspects, as we clearly state. i understand you guys just wanted to talk to the thing though.