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The followup to ChatGPT is scarily good at deception (www.vox.com)
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[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sooooo…the next update to AI is sociopathy:

Because AIs don’t share common human values like fairness or justice — they’re just focused on the goal they’re given — they might go about achieving their goal in a way humans would find horrifying.

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A computer has no sense of right or wrong, only pass or fail.

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Working from the definition of sociopathy, I think you could substitute “AI” in a few spots and end up with a nearly equally-accurate definition of AI:

A sociopath is someone with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), a mental health condition that involves a lack of regard for others' feelings and rights. People with ASPD may: Lack empathy and remorse Manipulate others for personal gain Behave impulsively or aggressively Break rules or laws Feel little guilt for harming others Seem charming at first Have difficulty understanding others' feelings

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A computer lacks human emotions, more at 6

[–] Toes@ani.social 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you familiar with the paperclip problem?

The idea that if you task a sufficiently advanced AI with making paperclips it'll inevitably turn the universe into a collection of paperclips when that is its only goal.

[–] damirK@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Toes@ani.social 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well that's 30mins of my life I won't get back. Hilarious clicker game.

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And a spelling mistake on an ai research paper (papercloppers instead of paperclippers) spawns an entire mlp fanfiction where a game dev accidentally makes an AGI to run an MMO that ends up turning the world into a singularity. Friendship is Optimal, after all.

[–] wendrul@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Give me more paperclips or at least my time back