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dnnddidiejtoday at 4:20 AM1 replyview on HN

We can seperate them but the $ value of an agent that does is much lower than one that doesn't.

As a pre LLM analogy imagine working at a bank with a whitelist firewall. You need to install a package but requires an IT ticket. Safer but slooooower.

Now not saying what the answer here is but that is the issue.

The answer may be more like industries that get safer through lessons (like aviation) rather than go for 100% safety out of the gate. Because both fast travel and AI agents are insanely useful.


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altmanaltmantoday at 4:50 AM

what? Aviation safety is not designed to get safer through lessons? They literally try to ensure it is 100% safe out of the gate. The accidents that happen are usually statistical outliers and lead to loss of life.

That's what it means when they say aviation regulations are written in blood. Not that they just fling planes into the sky and be like "boy i hope we learn some new regulations from this". The number of airplane crashes would be astronomically larger if the 100% safety part was not embedded into the design process.

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