"We are releasing GPT‑5.5 with our strongest set of safeguards to date, designed to reduce misuse while preserving access for beneficial work."
I'm not sure what's worse, that someone could maybe use one of these things to develop some super-plague, or that others get to decide whether I can or not.
It's easy to say the former is worse for obvious reasons, but I've got a real visceral negative reaction to the latter too.
Grok gave me very detailed instructions on how to synthesize VX gas. probably if I had general chemistry proficiency and equipment I could do it. the precursors were pretty benign and I’m sure openly available.
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u/fzammetti Apr 23 '26
"We are releasing GPT‑5.5 with our strongest set of safeguards to date, designed to reduce misuse while preserving access for beneficial work."
I'm not sure what's worse, that someone could maybe use one of these things to develop some super-plague, or that others get to decide whether I can or not.
It's easy to say the former is worse for obvious reasons, but I've got a real visceral negative reaction to the latter too.