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I think this is still a perfectly decent analogy for LLMs. The danger may not be "personal injury before you can react", but it is both parts separately, as th
by ben_w 4mo ago
I think this is still a perfectly decent analogy for LLMs.
The danger may not be "personal injury before you can react", but it is both parts separately, as there's reports of them giving unsafe advice and also of them performing undesired tasks faster than humans can react.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/23/a-meta-ai-security-researcher-said-an-openclaw-agent-ran-amok-on-her-inbox/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/23/a-meta-ai-security-researc...
For everyday tragedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots#Overdose_of_19-year-old_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_linked_to_chatbots#Over...
For mass devastation and warcrimes: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-military-elon-musk-grok-bomb-iran https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/us-military-elo...
(That said: while I regard "AI doom is marketing hype" to be a conspiracy theory when applied to OpenAI and Anthropic, public statements from this guy are absolutely a case where I'd say hyping up destructive power is the point of his job: https://www.ai.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Page/Article/3940370/cameron-stanley/ https://www.ai.mil/About/Leadership/Bio-Page/Article/3940370...)