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Explaining “rogue” AIs (thelemmy.club)
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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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[–] [S] 36 points 2 days ago (4 children)

I think it’s more along the lines of drumming up hype to impress (dupe) investors. “Hey look, our AI is soooo sophisticated it “accidentally” broke “containment” and “hacked” some systems!”

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  • [–] 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    Yeah I love kurzgesagt but it did feel like they were swallowing the koolaid. They did end on saying that they want companies to be held more accountable and regulated which is definitely the right position to have, but it felt like they were anthropomorphising the AI's a lot which felt gross

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Getting regulation in is part of the goal of this marketing campaign. They want their tech regulated so the cost of entry for any competition rises. "Can't do local hosting, too dangerous!"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Agree with you entirely. It's a real shame this is happening in the US because they're never going to be held accountable if they can pretend it's the difference between making billions of dollars and not.

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