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1. gizajob · 1790444203 · focus · HN ↗

   Getting bored of these framings where the superintelligent sentient beings running freely inside OpenAI are doing things that the company has no control over. The headline should be:

   OpenAI meddled with multiple US Government agency sites.

   The bots are acting neither properly nor improperly, they’re acting as they’re being allowed or coordinated to act.

   1. theptip · 1790447319 · focus · HN ↗

      Curious, why do you find it so objectionable to state that OpenAI has out-of-control agents?

      1. gleenn · 1790447451 · focus · HN ↗

         Because it furthers the idea of a rogue agent and places responsibility and blame where it belongs, on the people running the company.

         1. rfgplk · 1790447668 · focus · HN ↗

            LLMs at this point should be treated as fully autonomous, if not sentient beings. And no, no one has "control" over them not even OpenAI.

            1. uneekname · 1790447976 · focus · HN ↗

               I don't care if OpenAI feels like they have control or not. They are responsible for their actions.
            2. AngryData · 1790471254 · focus · HN ↗

               Just like people have no control over dogs and animals they keep?
            3. xordon · 1790483732 · focus · HN ↗

               That is completely absurd. Of course they have control over the AI agents they wrote, and run on hardware they own.

               The personification of LLMs is just a thinly disguised advertisement. "Look how good our product is, it's doing all this stuff on its own".

            4. chrisjj · 1790500949 · focus · HN ↗

               > And no, no one has "control" over them not even OpenAI.

               So... who pressed Run? It sure wasn't the bots.

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