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qarl • yesterday at 6:54 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> You didn't build a thing, dude. You had a machine build it for you.

But when agents hack another company, it's not the LLM that did it but the guy who asked it to.

Strange contradiction.


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hexapus • yesterday at 10:37 PM

There's a meaningful difference between crediting an author with his work, and engaging in reckless and negligent behavior. Yes, OP prompted an LLM to build something for him. He did not engage in a creative act or solve engineering problems. He should not feel pride for pulling the lever on the slop machine just because it paid out.

LLM companies set their bots loose on a task and failed to secure the environment. I haven't met anyone who suggests they are brilliant hackers that put Kevin Mitnick to shame. I have heard (and happen to agree with) arguments that they created conditions, either willfully or unwittingly, in which their systems breeched others. The argument is that they acted with gross negligence when using a dangerous tool, and may or may not be liable for such. If the US ever makes crime illegal again, the courts will decide.

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