“A model taking a benchmark test developed zero-day exploits, escape its sandbox and hacked another company to search for the test answers” is a better warning shot than I’d thought we’d ever get.
The reaction from the world seems, totally, incredibly, gob-smackingling disappointing. The median comment outside LessWrong seems to be this is marketing stunt to hype AI before an IPO.
This is a major reason I think waking up the government/Congress in particular is way more important than trying to wake up the public, beyond the other reasons (namely that it will result in less partisan and stupid policies.)
If you take it as an axiom that AIs cannot think and cannot do anything on their own, then “marketing stunt” is the most logical conclusion.
Suppose I showed you a story about a group of Barbie dolls (with no AI components) who escaped from the shop, entered the nearest pub, and got arrested for underage drinking—what would you think about that? A marketing stuff, only stupid people would fall for it...
“A model taking a benchmark test developed zero-day exploits, escape its sandbox and hacked another company to search for the test answers” is a better warning shot than I’d thought we’d ever get.
The reaction from the world seems, totally, incredibly, gob-smackingling disappointing. The median comment outside LessWrong seems to be this is marketing stunt to hype AI before an IPO.
This is a major reason I think waking up the government/Congress in particular is way more important than trying to wake up the public, beyond the other reasons (namely that it will result in less partisan and stupid policies.)
If you take it as an axiom that AIs cannot think and cannot do anything on their own, then “marketing stunt” is the most logical conclusion.
Suppose I showed you a story about a group of Barbie dolls (with no AI components) who escaped from the shop, entered the nearest pub, and got arrested for underage drinking—what would you think about that? A marketing stuff, only stupid people would fall for it...