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by aws_ls 1180 days ago
Also it has access to people. It could instruct people to carry out stuff in the real world, on its behalf.
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nwsm 1179 days ago
OpenAI's GPT-4 Technical Report [0] includes an anecdote of the AI paying someone on TaskRabbit to solve a CAPTCHA for it. It lied to the gig worker about being a bot, saying that they are actually a human with a vision impairment.

[0] https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdf

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Natfan 1179 days ago
For reference, this anecdote is on pages 55/56.
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qup 1179 days ago
Additionally, commanding minions is a leverage point. It's probably more powerful if it does not embody itself.
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