[godelski]

For a clearer example, there's a reason a virus that affects Windows doesn't affect Linux. Or a virus that affects Windows XP doesn't affect Windows 11. There are of course counter examples, but this is the trend. To understand why the counter examples exist requires expert knowledge (or rather that there are basically the same things running in the same way).

[edgyquant]

We are currently discussing exploits designs by foreign intelligences to infect artificially intelligent systems. We are not talking about privilege escalation on a Mac.

[stevenhuang]

That's where you're confused. The only one insisting the topic under discussion is the infection of AI systems (as opposed to classical computing systems) is you...

[edgyquant]

Except the proposed question was what if the signals were designed to only be detected by societies who’ve invented AI…

[stevenhuang]

The specific thread you are on is about current systems.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34729927