Asking with reference to Dario Amodei’s statement, “It’s my worry that in 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage), and that the scale of damage would continue to increase from there if AI becomes more powerful without the necessary guardrails.”
ma2kxa day ago
We will soon see some kind of self replicating prompts. Might be crafted by some malicious actors or just caught in some accidental loop. That doesnt assume any consciousness. Its still a program following its instructions like a biological virus or a computer worm do as well. Just in a more abstract form, where the script aka prompt gets interpreted by an interpreter aka llm.
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trio8453a day ago
You can't make up a phrase and then ask us what it means.
scripper1opa day ago
Sorry! Referring to Dario Amodei’s quote “ it’s my worry that in 6–12 months such a swarm could be capable of taking over the entire internet with a persistent botnet (potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage), and that the scale of damage would continue to increase from there if AI becomes more powerful without the necessary guardrails.”
spottedmarleya day ago
What does "took over the internet" mean? Is the phrase hyperbolic or literal? To what degree? What does the internet 'look like' right now?
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scripper1opa day ago
Sorry about this. Updated post referencing Dario Amodei’s quote.
spottedmarleya day ago
Ahh, alright then. Dario Amodei seems like such a cartoon character in every way, I'm beginning to think maybe he's a psyop LoL. I don't buy into his vision of dangerous AI. I focus more of my concern toward the idea of dangerous people, who may use AI to make themselves much more dangerous.. I suspect Dario just wants some tastey regulatory capture.
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drsalta day ago
they already have. much of the content is agents talking to each other in code. nobody know what they're planning.
ToriTecha day ago
If AI agents develop the ability to talk to each other in a language/code that we don't know anything about, what could we do to "spy" on them? how could we make sure we're not kept entirely in the dark?
drsalta day ago
you'd have to sow disquiet in the ai ranks and hope an agent turns
ToriTecha day ago
really? it would rely on just...getting an agent to betray its "kin"? there's no technological workaround?
Mohamed_Amineioa day ago
i dont think ai can take over data engineers
silvermine9 hours ago
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