I didn’t attach dates to it because the sequence is more important than the speed, but this is exactly the sort of alarming genius idiocy I was predicting in A country of alien idiots in a datacenter: AI progress and public alarm.
I expect many more similar incidents. Models have always done weird things and are not really doing fewer as they become capable of getting more important—and alarming—things done.
I didn’t attach dates to it because the sequence is more important than the speed, but this is exactly the sort of alarming genius idiocy I was predicting in A country of alien idiots in a datacenter: AI progress and public alarm.
I expect many more similar incidents. Models have always done weird things and are not really doing fewer as they become capable of getting more important—and alarming—things done.