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majormajor • today at 6:18 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

When dealing with executable computer code that calls models that can tell it to use various external pre-existing tools, claims about "prohibited" by plain English language should be plainly nonsensical.

Tools that were available were used to try to meet a specific goal.

What did not happen is that it was told to try to solve a math puzzle and instead it went and launched a missile. Or told to run air traffic control to save lives and instead intentionally caused crashes.

This is "OpenAI built a weapon that they don't understand and pointed it at stuff without proper safeguards" not "OpenAI built a sentient being and it decided to ignore them completely and start a war" Terminator-style "rogue AI."

We should be very clear about that now if we don't want to sit by why they wander into that second sort of situation.