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Early rogue AI agent activity and attempts to hack found on urlquery.net

267 points · 313 comments · snikolaev

  1. Frieren · · focus · HN ↗
    "rogue AI" is making a lot of heavy lifting there.

    If you drive drunk and you have an accident that alcohol may be a factor but you are at fault.

    There are no "rogue AIs" just irresponsible corporations.

    1. cubefox · · focus · HN ↗
      There absolutely are rogue AIs! The evidence is overwhelming. It's completely insane at this point to claim otherwise.

      > There are no "rogue AIs" just irresponsible corporations.

      If you have a prison and prisoners escaped, these are rogue prisoners irrespective of whether you were irresponsible or not.

      1. watwut · · focus · HN ↗
        They are not rogue AIs. They are negligently handled tools.
        1. esafak · · focus · HN ↗
          I don't say this to absolve OpenAI, who do deserve to be punished and regulated, but I think you do not know the difference between an agent and a tool. If agentic AI is merely a tool so are human workers.
          1. sanderjd · · focus · HN ↗
            ... no, human workers are people.
            1. esafak · · focus · HN ↗
              In their capacity as workers, they are also agents, capable of completing tasks autonomously.
              1. sanderjd · · focus · HN ↗
                But AI agents are "merely a tool" and human workers are not, because they are people.
                1. esafak · · focus · HN ↗
                  No, they are not. This is what I keep trying to explain: an AI agent is not like a hammer.
                  1. sanderjd · · focus · HN ↗
                    You aren't explaining, you're asserting.

                    A tool is just anything one or more people can use to accomplish something they are trying to do.

                    1. cubefox · · focus · HN ↗
                      False. An animal is not "people". An alien is not "people". An AI agent is not "people" either. Neither of them is a tool.
                      1. sanderjd · · focus · HN ↗
                        I would also not call an animal or an alien a tool. But an "AI agent" is a fancy term for a particular kind of very powerful computer program, it is not a being.
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