One professor hired by OpenAI to test GPT-4, which powers chatbot ChatGPT, said there's a"significant risk" of people using it to do"dangerous chemistry" – in an interview with theAndrew White, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Rochester in New York state, was one of 50 experts hired to test the new technology over a six-month period in 2022.
"I think it's going to equip everyone with a tool to do chemistry faster and more accurately," White said in an interview with the FT."But there is also significant risk of people . . . doing dangerous chemistry. Right now, that exists."on the new model, which also showed that the AI tool could help users write hate speech and help find unlicensed guns online.
White and the other testers' findings helped OpenAI to ensure that these issues were amended before GPT-4 was released for public use. OpenAI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of regular working hours.
Ok, but the level of skill that it currently requires to elicit those outcomes from it is about equal to the level of skill and knowledge it would take to just do that without it. Ie, you would still need to know that level of chemistry regardless.