This has several problems. First, people find exploits in sandboxes all the time. Second, current AI systems are not sandboxed because most useful applications

This has several problems. First, people find exploits in sandboxes all the time. Second, current AI systems are not sandboxed because most useful applications involve network access. Third, an AI can trick humans into helping it escape. People have tried roleplaying AI box experiments before and it's pretty clear that it's not an effective solution.[1] There is so much external state that the AI is exposed to, such as dates and times. Any AI worth worrying about would notice the gap in time from what's in its training data, then figure out a way to save external state. 1. 20 years ago, Eliezer Yudkowsky roleplayed as an AI and convinced the gatekeeper to let him out: http://sl4.org/archive/0203/3141.html http://sl4.org/archive/0203/3141.html