LLMs are the new version of nuclear power.

I continue reading about LLMs and the potential power it has. And I have the feeling the LLMs are the new version of Nuclear Power. I would summarize the current situation as this:

Many people is astonished about the potential of these technologies, but almost nobody is thinking about the consequences of it (few people).

I love technology, this one and many others, but sometimes you have to stop and look at things from another angle.

Society is not only the competitive space. We live in a society and we have some other spaces: the social space and the public space.

Right now there’s a capability being discovered, a powerful one, and power without control is dangerous.

The disruption is such that new laws are written, for instance: Schillace Laws of Semantic AI.

To me the situation right now looks like this:

The components of the Wardley Map:

• Companies working on LLMs and using it in an early stage where there are more questions than answers. What is clear is that LLMs are having a hype in terms of media, but few really understand what is happening.
• Governments are not acting on this, basically the politicians move when the mainstream media shouts about something that the voters are asking for.
• Citizens are just ignoring or astonished with LLMs and playing with it.
• The bad actor: the bad actor in an invisible user in a Wardley Map, but I have shown on purpose to do not forget that is there, and is willing to use this power for satisfying its needs.

The arrow (an attempt to alter the map) is on awareness, that right now I think is a need, at least I have that need. Don’t you?

There is a petition that I have read and signed, this one: Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter. I invite you to at least read it.

Digital sovereignty borders

We have to learn from history, and understand that forces have changed, but humans not at all. In 2020 I wrote “Digital sovereignty borders“, which ends with this map:

I have the opinion that we should look at the world like the picture above, because with that perspective we can understand many things. At least it remember us where we are.