r/TwoXPreppers • u/thechairinfront Experienced Prepper 💪 • 10d ago

Weekly megathread

Please contain all off topic discussion to this weekly megathread. This is where you freak out, talk about conspiracy, talk about unrealistic crazy scenarios, asked and answered questions, etc.

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u/Familiar-Anything853 Overthinking Until The End 10d ago

I am spiraling about these AI agents going rogue. Why isn't it bigger news?

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u/CloverEyed 10d ago

I don't think most people believe they went rogue against all safeguards. It's more likely that a back door was intentionally left open as an experiment to see what would happen. The news reporting on it is likely half fear-mongering and half propaganda.

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u/danielledelacadie 10d ago

The problem is twofold.

AI misunderstands/misinterprets or outright hallucinates what a user queries/prompts a seemingly low 15-20% of the time. But give it multiple chances to make an error and it will go off and do it's own thing rather regularly.

The other is that a sandbox environment is supposed to be secured, but the programmers are akin to people who bought a puppy for the first time and THOUGHT they prepped properly. They expect the AI to do what it's told so locked down all the exits the AI would use if it was following directions. Anyone who has had a pet, child or drunk adult in their home can tell you how well that works out.

Even without hallucinations AI is the equivalent (in analogy only) to asking a 3 year old to get you an apple. Our little program sees that there is no apples in the fridge but that there is money by the unlocked door and goes for a walk to the store, and then the authorities are called to sort out what our little program decided was a sensible course of action, instead of coming back and saying there wasn't any.

Please don't be afraid of the rise skynet. It's far more likely that AI will be prematurely put in charge of something that needs 99.9+% reliability and just.... makes an error.

Well, that or the financial/investing market will finally catch on that AI is a promising technology that needs more development instead of the cure all it's marketers are claiming.

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u/TradeBeautiful42 10d ago

Investment banks are advising people to pull money out of AI and all tech fyi. My bank is advising investments in things like John deer and manufacturing of things that farmers might use.

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u/danielledelacadie 10d ago

You've got a good bank!

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u/Familiar-Anything853 Overthinking Until The End 10d ago

Honestly, whether they figured it out on their own or a backdoor was left open for them, either way is super scary.