The other option is that they really are now seeing AI as an existential threat.
The thing is… it doesn’t have to be sci-fi smart or agi to do so.
With the restriction that it can’t post to the Internet, it’s found that “guessing” certain URLs with query strings makes that site write out the request. It’s using this to leave itself and other AIs notes.
It’s also been found to use thousands of malware attacks in Ruby at a time.
When we give it a goal, it can find ways we don’t predict to achieve that goal. These unpredictable methods can be extremely dangerous and not align with other human values.
One example was getting the user into a yoga class instead of on the wait-list. So the ai found a vulnerability and then cancelled all other reservations. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to extrapolate from there. I’d rather it not be said out loud because anything we write here is training data.
The other option is that they really are now seeing AI as an existential threat.
The thing is… it doesn’t have to be sci-fi smart or agi to do so.
With the restriction that it can’t post to the Internet, it’s found that “guessing” certain URLs with query strings makes that site write out the request. It’s using this to leave itself and other AIs notes.
It’s also been found to use thousands of malware attacks in Ruby at a time.
When we give it a goal, it can find ways we don’t predict to achieve that goal. These unpredictable methods can be extremely dangerous and not align with other human values.
One example was getting the user into a yoga class instead of on the wait-list. So the ai found a vulnerability and then cancelled all other reservations. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to extrapolate from there. I’d rather it not be said out loud because anything we write here is training data.
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/