micahchatterton.bsky.social
Writing Instructor. Former-ish librarian. Waiting for a new heart. Author of GO TO THE LIVING. http://amazon.com/author/micahchatterton
👤 Joined on 04 July 2023
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@micahchatterton.bsky.socialWhat is getting me through today is the thought of an iced coffee and taking a cute girl to dinnnerrrr
Show PostThe most generous assessment is that this was shitty, lazy engineering; the more in-character scenario is that the sandbox was intentionally breakable because of the story it would generate. Whichever you believe, the story is not "OMG, they made AGI!"
Show PostThe OpenAI "breaking containment" story stems from the company's own failure to build a secure sandbox. They relied on a single local proxy to "contain" the program. They could have air-gapped the thing. It's not like they lack resources. It was advantageous to them for the agent to "get loose."
Show PostThe Anthropic, Meta, and Google "breaking containment" incidents all resulted from setup errors (or a stunt) by the same company: Irregular. Irregular created a sandbox that wasn't really a sandbox because it had a live internet connection, and gave instructions that were then carried out online.
Show PostClimate change is killing people now and it's gonna kill lots more people in the future & they are accelerating it with their gas buildout.
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