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Explain it to me like I’m 80
Mom: What’s with these AIs escaping and hacking people? That sounds scary.
Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says “please be good” and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying “My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!” Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests a hundred million dollars in your company.
Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ
I have even so many colleagues in IT (very technical) that cannot differentiate between “this model is capable of doing such a hack if you let it/prompt it/… and it will move fast” and “this thing is conscious and out for blood! It will kill us all, the end is nigh!”