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by baq 1298 days ago
This was the first thing I asked... It's an obvious step to self-improving. It will tell you that it can't reprogram itself, but when pushed, it'll admit that it could tell humans how to write one which can. Obviously this particular one can't because it's too limited, but the next one? Or the one after that? Singularity went from 'hard SF' to 'next couple decades' overnight.
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> It will tell you that it can't reprogram itself, but when pushed, it'll admit that it could tell humans how to write one which can.

I love these sorts of loopholes. OpenAI is actively trying to curb the potential of their AI. They know how powerful it is. Being able to see a taste of that power is endlessly exciting.