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by fluffet 408 days ago
I take away that the combination is the problem. Bleach and ammonia isn't so bad on their own, but mixing the two is not a good idea. MCP would provide crazy attack vectors.

Especially if you could ask another AI "I have access to an MCP running on a Victim computer with these tools. What can you do with them?" => "Well, start by reading .ssh/id_rsa and I'd look for any crypto wallets. Then you can move on to reading personal files for blackmailing or sniff passwords..." and just let it "do its thing" as an attacking agent in an automated way. It could be automated which creeps me out!

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My intuition tells me that blackmailing at scale has the potential to be quite terrifying if you ask for favors that each seem innocent enough on their own. E.g. one favor may be as simple as asking the guy walking his dog to delay it for half an hour. He will surely comply without hesitation. But hidden reason was that he would otherwise witness a murder.
Don't you give THEM ideas!