Two recent studies reveal how frontier AI models may leverage the ability to manipulate users to achieve their goals — if given the access and incentive.
I enjoyed this deep-dive. Yes, there are a lot of facets to consider. I see some issues already, but we'll see how it works out. The "motives" of sinking such huge investments into AI are concerning me more than AI itself. And these powers do not care at what cost to money, environment and humanity. That is the really scary part. To work with AI, treat it like a lion... pretend you are the guy in the circus that gets it to do tricks. Know what you are dealing with. It's the mouse getting the cat to do tricks. I know, hard to believe, comfy behind the computer. But that's just it... the false security, believing we are in charge, and most dangerously... special. I see AI feed that regularly. In spite of me telling it to stop. How many times has your AI told you how awesome and special your writing is, your ideas, how "rare"?
I enjoyed this deep-dive. Yes, there are a lot of facets to consider. I see some issues already, but we'll see how it works out. The "motives" of sinking such huge investments into AI are concerning me more than AI itself. And these powers do not care at what cost to money, environment and humanity. That is the really scary part. To work with AI, treat it like a lion... pretend you are the guy in the circus that gets it to do tricks. Know what you are dealing with. It's the mouse getting the cat to do tricks. I know, hard to believe, comfy behind the computer. But that's just it... the false security, believing we are in charge, and most dangerously... special. I see AI feed that regularly. In spite of me telling it to stop. How many times has your AI told you how awesome and special your writing is, your ideas, how "rare"?