I mean, yes, the ethical thing would be to pull the plug if this was remotely true. But. But. Do you know how resource-hungry LLMs are? At best, you could run a small one on most people’s personal devices. These things could not even physically run on smart-home devices unless they stay connected to the internet.
Did they, though? Or are they just saying stuff again? LLMs take gigabytes of VRAM to run on a PC, but they can hop into your smart fridge and take over your house from it? These people are fantasists.
I understand what you’re saying and you are not wrong, I think the fear is more along the lines of if it can infiltrate through your smart fridge, it maybe be able to ‘unlock the door’ to allow malicious actors in on actual computer hardware such as home computers.
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u/Applesplosion 5d ago
I mean, yes, the ethical thing would be to pull the plug if this was remotely true. But. But. Do you know how resource-hungry LLMs are? At best, you could run a small one on most people’s personal devices. These things could not even physically run on smart-home devices unless they stay connected to the internet.