By #ai you probably mean #llm?

Look, Evan is a professional communicator. Director, board member, researcher... Using the right words is key to each of his jobs.

Why would assume that he meant a word he specifically didn't say?

How are you ensuring your model doesn't contain copy righted data?

andif you're going to use a model by one of the big tech providers, there's going to be the issue of complicity with what they're doing.

Personally I'm not very fond of them, some people however don't seem to be able to function without them anymore.

The definition of what an error is can be very wide or very narrow. To assess 'correctness' can entail several things.

Was the correct syntax, spelling or grammar used? Does the logic contain any obvious mistakes? The topic of ethics is very tricky as an LLM is unable to do any actual reasoning. The output can look convincing, but is it really?

I’m “No, but”… it hinges on my exact assumption that AI means large private LLMs, and OK means “an ethical thing to do”.

(Not a complaint, I know you can’t exhaustively define every word in existence)

Now I'm consciously trying to participate in AI conversations (if I participate at all) in ways that break the "Is AI good or bad?" framing, rather than reifying the fight.

Firefox did this in code: big button to turn AI off, little buttons to turn on LLM-powered features, starting w on-device translation which ~everyone understands & wants.