Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      15 days ago

      And they gave it unlimited compute, I heard, though I can´t find the source on that. Imagine sandboxing something that has the knowledge to get out of a sandbox, telling it to hack a server, giving it unlimited compute, and then just walking away for several days. It is absolutely insane.

      • MrOtingocni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        15 days ago

        They didn’t walk away. They sat there and watched it. All this is to sell “the ultimate hacking machine” to the government.