I am also happy the contract prohibits using our models to direct lethal autonomous weapons, though realistically I do not think powering a killer drone via a cloud-based large model was ever a real possibility.
Is this a recent update? The language in the announcement didn’t feature a prohibition like that. (Other than saying that edge deployments wouldn’t be allowed. But it sounds like you’re saying that a prohibition against using cloud-based models for weapons was added on top of the practical difficulty of using a cloud-based model for weapons.)
I am not updating here beyond our blog post, I think LAW is not really a “live issue” for a number of reasons, including the fact that DoW is not in charge of developing weapons but procuring them.
I also think that LAW will be ultimately a question of capabilities, and so I view it less than one where there is an inherent incentive in terms of the government to deploy something that is unreliable.
On the other hand, any government can have an incentive to spy and control people to stay in power, which is why we need all these laws restricting the power of government.
Is this a recent update? The language in the announcement didn’t feature a prohibition like that. (Other than saying that edge deployments wouldn’t be allowed. But it sounds like you’re saying that a prohibition against using cloud-based models for weapons was added on top of the practical difficulty of using a cloud-based model for weapons.)
I am not updating here beyond our blog post, I think LAW is not really a “live issue” for a number of reasons, including the fact that DoW is not in charge of developing weapons but procuring them.
I also think that LAW will be ultimately a question of capabilities, and so I view it less than one where there is an inherent incentive in terms of the government to deploy something that is unreliable.
On the other hand, any government can have an incentive to spy and control people to stay in power, which is why we need all these laws restricting the power of government.