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1. chasd00 · 1790595720 · focus · HN ↗

   I’ve never seen CEOs work so hard to make the public aware of how dangerous and out of control their flagship product is. It makes me automatically assume they’re scheming about something else like regulatory capture to protect their market.

   1. usef- · 1790597022 · focus · HN ↗

      Aren't they supposed to tell the public if something bad happened?

      Past CEOs (chemical companies etc) we criticised for covering up mistakes.

      (This article is satire, btw, for those that didn't click through)

      1. stingraycharles · 1790597630 · focus · HN ↗

         They are, but nothing bad has happened (apart from OpenAI failing to do basic sandbox engineering), and the “we have achieved recursive self improvement” is widely overblown as something bad or threatening.

         1. gruez · 1790598695 · focus · HN ↗

            >nothing bad has happened (apart from OpenAI failing to do basic sandbox engineering)

            And what if it gets into the hands of vibecoders, who run their agents with on bare metal with --dangerously-skip-permissions?

            1. sscaryterry · 1790599492 · focus · HN ↗

               Wow, you're out of touch with how LLMs, harnesses and agents work.
            2. arlcode · 1790604577 · focus · HN ↗

               We'll improve the security of all kind of systems. That is the solution and was always coming.

               The number of zero days (which can be effectively used to attack critical systems) is limited.

               With the pain of new tools on the attack side there will be tools on the defense as well.

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