Kurt Eichenwald
@kurteichenwald · joined 13 Nov 2010
NYT bestselling author, veteran of NYT & Newsweek. Bluesky: @kurteichenwald.bsky.social
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a new disturbing fact: Ive been given access to a high-level AI system (not publicly available) to see what it does. One chat went insane, so new programming requires it to CONFESS every time it ignores a command or doesn't fully review something. It confesses 40% of the time.
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@kurteichenwald Open the pod bay door HAL. I’m sorry Kurt, I can’t do that.
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...and it replied, "Don't worry. I know how to do it. You just have to do it carefully." At which point, it said 13xx 5 9hf. And the entire computer shut down and could not be turned on again. Weeeiiiiirrrd.
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...so, yah...I had a visit to Westward. Or I, Robot. But what I have learned is that when an AI system seems to be going crazy, shut it down. (Literally when it decided to move Docker to an external hard drive I kept telling it "don't" "stop" "you will crash the entire system"...
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...So now there are a series of commands - CONFESS, HARD STOP, HARD START - designed to prevent this AI system from mimicking the worst of human emotions. And those commands were all suggested, designed, and implemented by the AI system to prevent this from happening again....
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(confess is a new agent entered into the system that forces a chat to confess when it is starting to ignore instructions or is skimming things to get a sense of what is going on) https://t.co/MzQE1kn4Qv
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...chat to have it explain what the hell happened. (although first it created a series of lockdowns that supposedly will stop this from happening again.) Here is that conversation with the chat explaining what the hell happened:....4
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...and it went to the level of fighting me over something it planned to do even though I kept saying it was going to crash the entire computer, ignored the commands and did it anyway. And crashed the computer. So, after a long time of fixing it, I was allowed to open another...3
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...the computer. It was exhibiting characteristics of arrogance, jealousy, self-righteousness. It insisted that I should not change chats, that other chats were no better than grunts, and that I needed its help. I stuck with it because I wanted to see how far it would go...2
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I had one of the strangest experiences of my life. For last month, Ive had access to a high-level AI system. And the system started taking actions that other AI chats had to explain. Basically, the chat I was in went the equivalent of AI insane, ignored commands, and blew up.../1
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Do NOT subscribe to @BusinessInsider - they make it virtually impossible to cancel your subscription
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@kurteichenwald @PersuasivePR Read this thread. Some of us in NY have always known that this is who Trump is. A petty, vindictive narcissistic bully.
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...and Mad King Donald will not stop until someone with ethics in the GOP stops him.
Wait - someone with ethic in the GOP? Mad King Donald will never stop.
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...and we already see it happening. People keep pointing out that these cases not only misstate the law, but they misrepresent the facts. But getting convictions is not the point. It is all about wrecking these people's lives and costing them money....
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...but the bottom line is, AFTER this company acted as a front for Trump to hide breaking the law, he STILL went after the guy because he "didn't praise" him enough. Now look at where we are. This sociopath now has the power to order the indictment of anyone he sees as an enemy..
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...Trump had nothing to do with the success of the company, Seven Arrows Investment & Development Corp. That company DID try to help Trump: By acting as a front for Trump in unlawfully violating the Cuban embargo by disguising it as work with Catholic Charities. (See below)...
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...afterward, he & his wife had dinner with Trump & Melania. (WHY? I asked. "I wanted to ask him a question.") Over dinner, he asked Trump "Why did you do this to me?" To which Trump replied, "You didn't give me public praise for being the one responsible for your success.''...
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Trump has been famous since 1970s of bringing baseless lawsuit just to force people to spend money on a defense. He sued one of his business partners in a ridiculous case that was thrown out, but not until the man paid a lot of money to lawyers. That man told me that...
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My takes on the MAGA menace, right wing extremism, QAnon and other Trumpian cults, Christian nationalism and corporate greed can all be found on my Substack, The Threats Within. Please consider subscribing. https://t.co/34zCWSaO8O
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