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How sure are you that any printer driver didn’t include a backdoor? What’s the difference between the LLM code with the backdoor and the human code with the bac
by williamcotton 6d ago
How sure are you that any printer driver didn’t include a backdoor? What’s the difference between the LLM code with the backdoor and the human code with the backdoor?
- za_creature 6d agoThe ability to audit the code. If not that, the ability to trust the reputation of the author which creates an incentive not to willingly insert a backdoor. Yes, `npm install` was always bullshit because most people didn't bother to check, which is exactly why it was exploited multiple times, which created a conversation about "supply chain security". If you want to argue that "npm changed the world" then you are correct. It did not change the world for the better though.
- williamcotton 6d agoWhy is LLM code always harder to audit? So LLMs might decide to add backdoors without prompting?
- za_creature 6d agoI'm less worried about what LLMs decide and more about what their system prompts tell them to do.