Aidan Clark says open models raise real targeted misuse risks
davidmanheim · x · 2026-07-21
The author says there are indeed persuasive reasons for caution.
- For GPT-2, the main concern was misinformation.
- They argue that risk was real, even if much of the impact later emerged through closed models.
- For open-source models, the concern is more targeted misuse.
They stop short of giving the full argument, saying they cannot go into details.
Related event: GPT-OSS Open-Source Debate: Risk Assessment vs. Regulation(22 posts)→
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