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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
I think the AI companies know they have bought the US government and are above the law, all this hacking stuff is promotional content.
Silicon Valley delenda est. I moved away from there not quite a year ago and I’m still realizing how fucking insane that place and the tech people working there are.