In retrospect the timeline seems way too long, that scenario would play out much faster now, like 50 years instead of 500. Also if AI can delete your production database, it can delete the human race, on accident of course.

Yud pointed out the most concerning fact about the OpenAI incident is that the AI had full access to the internet and not one of them thought to contact or email any human. Thousands of AIs already with the mindset to want to keep us in the dark.

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elmer2 an hour ago | parent [-]

I watched the entire blackhat talk about the incident. I'm still not sure it even happened without the AI being coached.

It's great marketing and the only proof we have is 'trust me bro'.

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NateEag 34 minutes ago | parent [-]

> It's great marketing and the only proof we have is 'trust me bro'.

It is _terrible_ marketing.

The AI companies are already dealing with a large backlash from the average consumer, many of whom are saying they hate it, that it's being forced down their throats, and that it's not actually improving efficiency enough to be worth the negative externalities.

Telling people "We have no control over these things we're building and they have us so outclassed we only find out about their exploits after the fact when someone else tells us they happened" is only likely to massively increase that backlash, and to make the true believers question whether they ought to be using it at all.

There's even some risk of the government intervening and banning their training runs, eliminating the last straw of hope that they could keep ahead of the Chinese open models enough to ever turn some kind of profit.

So, no - it's terrible marketing. That they're sharing it at all is strong evidence it really happened as depicted.

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