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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: OT: The Robots are coming.
Date: 10 Dec 2024 21:18:57 GMT
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In article <c0fe9880-f1f0-1b6c-678b-3d703cce37e8@example.net>,
D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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>On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>
>> On 12/10/2024 3:38 AM, D wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 12/9/2024 1:21 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> On 12/9/2024 1:38 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>>>> I know for many it's politically correct to crap on anything Elon Musk
>>>>>> is involved in these days, but its worth keeping up with his companies
>>>>>> accomplishments.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here's his robot, walking over uneven terrain, up and downhill, and
>>>>>> recovering from slips:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MwiLIIWd-k
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I admit it walks like a drunk, but the progress is remarkable.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There's also videos showing it catching a tossed ball one-handed.
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswIwg3lxpo
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is competition:
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXN2bttm4g
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-ARKJva-TA
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Combine this with AI, and some interesting things
>>>>>> will happen.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I get real 'With Folded Hands' chills from
>>>>>> watching these.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> pt
>>>>> 
>>>>> I watched a new movie, "Subservience" with Meghan Fox on Netflix over the 
>>>>> weekend.  Scared the you know what out of me.  Was even scarier
>than "The 
>>>>> Terminator".
>>>>>     https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24871974/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_2
>>>>> 
>>>> And one of the latest versions of AI has shown self-preservation 
>>>> responses....
>>> 
>>> Excellent! Do you have a link? I'm been complaining about the lack of 
>>> volition so far. When the AI will be able to block someone from shutting 
>>> off the computer, then I think we're getting somewhere! ;)
>>
>> https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-o1-self-preservation
>>
>> "It sounds like OpenAI's latest AI is showing signs of a drive for 
>> self-preservation.
>>
>> In recent third-party tests of the company's o1 large language model, the AI 
>> resisted evaluators' efforts to try to shut it down through an oversight 
>> protocol, according to a new report published by red teaming organization 
>> Apollo Research.
>>
>> "When o1 was led to believe that it would be shut down when acting on its 
>> goal and that its actions were monitored, it attempted to deactivate this 
>> 'oversight mechanism' [five percent] of the time," OpenAI summarized in its 
>> latest system card report, citing Apollo's evaluation.
>>
>> Even more strikingly, o1 lashed out when it realized that it might be 
>> replaced with a more obedient model. In two percent of cases — a slim but 
>> meaningful proportion in software used by millions of people — the AI 
>> responded by attempting to copy itself to overwrite the new model, a process 
>> known as self-exfiltration."
>>
>> pt
>
>Great, thank you very much for the link!
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So if we actually have AI passing the Turing Test now, should it be a bigger
deal that they're trying to kill one?
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