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1. jimmyjazz14 · 1790632038 · focus · HN ↗

   > We must move past vague discussions of “AI” and instead isolate the specific types of systems that are creating problems.

   This is absolutely correct and its surprising how rarely you see commenters in the media push to go into the specifics on this. AI is just matrix math and its what you connect that math to that matters, we should talk a little more about what we are willing to connect AI to and little less about how scary or capable the models appear.

   1. throwitaway222 · 1790634338 · focus · HN ↗

      But you can't stop someone from connecting AI to something at this point, so your point is moot.

      1. Capricorn2481 · 1790640234 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't see anything materially different between me running a curl request that exploits something vs my local AI running a curl request. They're both programs I run on my computer. That's all Open AI is doing. They are hacking people from their computers. There's nothing complicated about it.

         1. topaz0 · 1790649256 · focus · HN ↗

            No difference except that they're doing it from thousands or millions of computers at a time

            1. eloisius · 1790651315 · focus · HN ↗

               So, it's a botnet, and those have been around for a long time. Only now it's operated by a US company instead of Russian mafia or whoever.

               1. lirolero · 1790684632 · focus · HN ↗

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               2. topaz0 · 1790689781 · focus · HN ↗

                  Well I guess the other difference is that the Russian Mafia has no illusions about the fact that they're doing crimes.

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