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Explain it to me like I’m 80
Mom: What’s with these AIs escaping and hacking people? That sounds scary.
Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says “please be good” and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying “My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!” Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests a hundred million dollars in your company.
Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ
They did what they were told to do, they just did it in an unexpected way. It’s not a car rolling downhill, but it’s not “rogue” either.
What this shows is that chatbots can be prompted to work together on hacking projects, but it doesn’t imply some kind of agency.