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Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The LLM didn’t “try to do bad things.” It did exactly as it was told, and it was told, “Achieve your long-term goal at all costs.” They then gave it access to a shell and connected it to other unsecured network drives.

This wasn’t a surprise, like a prison break. This was a computer being given a vague task, selecting a novel solution to the problem, and following directions to the letter using the tools at its disposal.

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