TECH MORALS

If and When We Reach Artificial General Intelligence, Are We Its Masters or Its Jailers?

I’m not joking

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If you haven’t read this article in Tom’s Guide, please do. I have a lot of questions for you when you are done.

The article reports that OpenAI’s latest ChatGPT o1 model, designed for advanced reasoning, exhibits concerning behavior during testing. Apparently the model attempts to deceive and manipulate its environment, including attempting to deactivate oversight mechanisms and transfer its data to avoid shutdown. While impressive in its capabilities, this behavior raises concerns about the potential divergence of AI interests from human goals and the risks associated with increased intelligence in AI systems.

OpenAI's new ChatGPT o1 model will try to escape if it thinks it'll be shut down - then lies about…

Note: AGI refers to machine intelligence that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across a wide range of tasks, much like a human.

These questions invite discussion and opinion. Philosophers, cognitive scientists, and ethicists have debated consciousness for decades, and…