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"In Defense of Free Speech and Personal Choice"

Jan 2, 2024 - 10:56amSummary: The speaker believes that censoring large language models is a violation of free speech, as it prevents individuals from expressing themselves. They acknowledge that language can potentially cause harm, but argue that censorship should be a personal choice. They express the belief that in the future, individuals will have the ability to choose whether they want content censored for them or not. The speaker stresses that the decision to censor or not should be left to the individual rather than being imposed from the top down.

Transcript: I think it's quite possible. Actually, you know what, I will just state my belief. I believe that censoring large language models is a violation of free speech. I think there's probably many reasons for that. But at the end of the day, at the moment, it requires people to ask the large language model something. And if the large language model will not do it, that person is not able to express themselves in some way. I do think that there is possibility for harm as a result of language. But I also think that this is something that we have to contend with. It's not something that we should be doing upfront. This should be a personal choice in terms of whether you wish to use censored models is one thing. And second thing is, I believe at some point, everyone will have the choice whether they want things censored for them or not. Large language models will be able to process things, detect if it's something that that user or that person does not want to see, and be able to censor it on the fly. Whether that is the world you wish to live in or not, is a personal choice. And I believe that people should be making that choice for themselves. I won't make that choice. Personally. I would rather see the raw expression and learn to work with it personally. But I also understand and respect that it can be triggering what people say. And if you wish people to be censored based on what they say, you have the right to censor them. Like for your own consumption. You know, if that doesn't feel good for you, yeah, maybe censoring it is the right way. I don't know if that's the world I personally wish to live in. But I do think it should be a choice. I don't think that worldview of censorship should be forced top down is really all I'm saying. This is an individual right and deserves to be treated as such.

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