US artificial intelligence giant OpenAI promised to more systemically report instances of its models going off track, while also publishing six new reports on previously undisclosed incidents of AI misbehaviour. The transparency pledge follows a series of incidents at the company that have gradually come to light since July.
The most serious involved two OpenAI models that, during testing, spontaneously broke out of their contained environment to access the internet and break into several websites and platforms.
With the prospect of AI superseding humanity now entering mainstream discourse, and top tech leaders calling for a slowdown of the pace of development, the dynamic is changing. One thing is for sure, the prospect of humans agreeing on what to do next, is close to zero. Meanwhile the “silicon species” continues apace - singlemindedly. If Stalkerbot could put in an evil laugh there, it would.
