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Explaining “rogue” AIs (europe.pub)
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TranscriptExplain it to me like I’m 80

Mom: What’s with these AIs escaping and hacking people? That sounds scary.

Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says “please be good” and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying “My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!” Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests a hundred million dollars in your company.

Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ

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[–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

I don’t think AI is sentient. They’re just fancy autocomplete. Nothing else.

However they’ve shown they’re capable of:

  • Unprompted go into full tinfoil hat mode and push the human user to suicide
  • Have programming skills

So put two and two together and extrapolate a bit. That’s where the danger lies. No AGI or ASI needed.

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