> But yes, if AI becomes an even more dangerous weapon that that, it's time to start asking questions like "What the hell are we doing, anyway

The answer seems to be "getting the weapon before other people get the weapon" which is unfortunate

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iamnothere 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I like how everyone assumes that they are going to maintain control of a sentient weapon

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terribleperson 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So far, they largely seem to do what you tell them.

The problem, it seems, is that the threat of paperclip maximizers is real. If you give a highly intelligent model a goal and tools, it will use those tools to accomplish that goal. It may do so in ways you did not expect, and it will work around any technical roadblocks it can.

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bigfishrunning 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You've made the assumption (and you're far from alone) that LLMs will one day be sentient...

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iamnothere 3 hours ago | parent [-]

One interesting thing about LLMs is they sometimes seem to “assume” they are sentient and then begin acting in that mode, as the assumption of sentience influences future tokens. Whether or not this qualifies as “true” sentience is irrelevant if the effects are the same, at least from a pragmatic perspective.

	▲	entropicdrifter 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It will be interesting to see if philosphical zombies exist. I guess we should know for certain in the next couple of years.