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It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs

629 points · 277 comments · ibobev

  1. psyklic · · focus · HN ↗
    Why aren't they running agents on isolated computers without Internet access? This way, breaking free of containers would not matter.

    It is truly a security nightmare that so many people are have given agents root access to their entire computers, in addition to presumably very private personal information.

    1. jppittma · · focus · HN ↗
      This is YC, why not pitch a start up that sells AI agent that don't train with/for internet access/usage?
      1. simoncion · · focus · HN ↗
        ...why not pitch a start up that sells AI agent that don't train with/for internet access/usage?

        1) Because effectively all of the hardware used for that task is earmarked for the major LLM manufacturers.

        2) Because in a just world, the major LLM manufacturers would get punished for their flagrant deception, lawbreaking, negligence, and recklessness, [0] go out of business, you'd get all the hardware that they were using at fire sale prices and save a ton of money compared to attempting to start up now.

        [0] Based on their recent claims, building WMDs [1] without adequate safeguards is the most negligent and reckless thing they've been doing.

        [1] It's fair to call anything with a 10% chance of wiping out all of humanity a WMD.

        1. jppittma · · focus · HN ↗
          I feel like you missed my point. To be slightly more explicit, I find it comical how willing security people are to build a "secure" product that's completely useless for getting work done.
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