chatbot

The article »The Risks of Botshit« by Ian P. McCarthy, Timothy R. Hannigan, and André Spicer examines the risks and potential applications of chatbots within organizations. In summary, the following recommendation can be drawn: In these contexts, this risk can be managed through training and limiting the range of responses and vocabulary of the chatbot’s LLM model. To ensure reliability and avoid botshit risks, the scope of chatbot use should be more confined and the guardrails (i.e., rules, guidelines, or limitations for chatbot use) more restrictive. ...

Dylan Patel writes for Google “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI” This recent progress has direct, immediate implications for our business strategy. Who would pay for a Google product with usage restrictions if there is a free, high-quality alternative without them? And we should not expect to be able to catch up. The modern internet runs on open source for a reason. Open source has some significant advantages that we cannot replicate. ...