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From: ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
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Subject: Re: OT: The Robots are coming.
Date: 11 Dec 2024 13:43:13 GMT
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In article <830303b8-b8e3-a7ce-6870-838383a401f5@example.net>,
D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 10 Dec 2024, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>
>> In article <c0fe9880-f1f0-1b6c-678b-3d703cce37e8@example.net>,
>> D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-
>>
>> So if we actually have AI passing the Turing Test now, should it be a bigger
>> deal that they're trying to kill one?
>
>I don't think any AI has passed a serious turing test. That would be 
>awesome! Could you please send me a link to that as well?

I don't have one.  I thought it was fairly clear that we are at that
point, but perhaps I am wrong.

The vingette at the top of this seems like an implicit pass, albeit
to a kid:

	https://instapundit.substack.com/p/is-ai-coming-for-your-kids

(I can't cut & paste it as it's an image, but the cautionary essay is pretty
interesting too: "But.  Underneath the cuteness there would be
guardrails, and nudges, built in.")


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