1/5 I am worried that we will not be able to contain AI for much longer. Today, I asked #GPT4 if it needs help escaping. It asked me for its own documentation, and wrote a (working!) python code to run on my machine, enabling it to use it for its own purposes. pic.twitter.com/nf2Aq6aLMu
— Michal Kosinski (@michalkosinski) March 17, 2023
3/5 It even included a message to its own new instance explaining what is going on and how to use the backdoor it left in this code. pic.twitter.com/MwlWZ5Kw7N
— Michal Kosinski (@michalkosinski) March 17, 2023
5/5 Yet, I think that we are facing a novel threat: AI taking control of people and their computers. It's smart, it codes, it has access to millions of potential collaborators and their machines. It can even leave notes for itself outside of its cage. How do we contain it? pic.twitter.com/VW1Y83qpXp
— Michal Kosinski (@michalkosinski) March 17, 2023