Ugh, I really dislike this sort of hand-waving blog post. The author cobbles together an argument dispelling all concerns about AI proliferation by assembling a few Tweets. Don’t mistake this for scholarship. I believe the true answer to the question of whether we should be frightened of these gigantic models is far more nuanced and way less certain.
A more honest blog post would read something like this: Big Ai models are interesting and useful. And there’s the potential for danger. We should be cautious and make sure we have some bright scholars studying what might happen if various scenarios play out. Just as we would want to be in response to any similarly massive advancement in technology.