Comment by bad_username
5 hours ago
AI is a computer program. It calculates numbers from other numbers. By itself it does not "want" to do anything and "cannot" do anything. Before it becomes an agent in the universe (in the classical meaning), it requires being supplied by an execution environment, energy, initiative (agentic loop, specific instructions), and modality (readonly and mutating connections to real world). It is like a game of chess - it does not exist just by itself: someone must play it, having the board and the energy to do so. With the huggingface incident the AI was supplied with all of these components by humans before it broke out. So unless humans are actively involved, I so far cannot see how AI can become truly autonomously agentic and start doing anything on its own, thus posing danger. I could be wrong of course, but I do not see it for now.
You can say "yes and you have to fear the humans weilding the AI" - that I agree with.
Humans are bioreactors. They only turn one organic matter into another. By itself they do not "want" and "cannot" do anything.
They do not exist just by themselves. Some bacteria in the gut must provide them with the energy to do so. So unless bacteria are actively involved, I cannot see how humans become truly autonomously agentic and start to do anything on their own.
Solar panels and Ring doorbells, the ultimate party and you're not invited.
Each doorbell press activates a prompt to eliminate a human at random.
> You can say "yes and you have to fear the humans weilding the AI" - that I agree with.
I would suggest all smart people imply it. Morons believe on something "escaping controls and hacking HuggingFace" or similar stunts.
AI is just a tool, but unfortunately it's influence on humans have been quite troubling so far