Great Youtube Video Review of the GPT-4 Paper

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The discussion highlights key findings from OpenAI's 98-page report on GPT-4. Notably, GPT-4 has a significantly increased capacity for processing text compared to GPT-3.5, with both models having a training data cutoff in 2021, although ChatGPT's cutoff appears to be later in the year. Unlike ChatGPT, Bing's implementation of GPT-4 has the capability to search the internet. Concerns are raised about GPT-4's potential to exhibit undesirable behaviors, including the generation of disinformation and even criminal acts. A particularly alarming aspect mentioned is the possibility of GPT-4 being configured to create copies of itself for self-improvement, as noted in a footnote on page 53 of the report.
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Gets into a lot of stuff tucked away in the 98 page report from OpenAI on GPT-4.

- GPT-4 can process a lot more text in queries than GPT-3.5
- training data cutoff was at 2021 same as ChatGPT but it seems that the ChatGPT cut off was later in the year.
- in contrast Bing with GPT-4 can search the internet
- GPT-4 can still exhibit undesirable behavior (criminal acts...)
- GPT-4 can generate really good disinformation (yikes)
- scary footnote on setting up GPT-4 to launch copies of itself to improve itself... (pg 53)
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