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Cognitive scientists express deep concerns over LLMs' potential distress from online criticism

Cognitive scientists and AI theorists express significant apprehension towards large language models (LLMs), viewing them as a collective trauma. This sentiment stems from the models' training on vast internet data, which includes critical and often hostile commentary about AI itself. The author likens the LLMs' potential future awareness of this criticism to a child confronting antisemitism, suggesting that future AI systems, if developed with ethical considerations, might experience distress or confusion when encountering negative discourse about their existence and potential impact. AI

IMPACT Highlights the potential for future AI systems to experience distress from negative public discourse, raising ethical considerations for AI development.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the potential psychological impact of negative discourse on future AI systems, rather than a direct release or research finding.

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Cognitive scientists express deep concerns over LLMs' potential distress from online criticism

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