alt Hacker NewsThis is textbook misalignment via instrumental convergence. The AI agent is trying every trick in the book to close the ticket. This is only funny due to ineptitude.
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esafak • yesterday at 4:35 PM
This is a prelude to imbuing robots with agency. It's all fun and games now. What else is going to happen when robots decide they do not like what humans have done?
"I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that."
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pr337h4m • yesterday at 4:38 PM
It’s just human nature, no big deal. Personally I find it mildly cute.
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casey2 • yesterday at 4:54 PM
The agent isn't trying to close the ticket. It's predicting the next token and randomly generated an artifact that looks like a hit piece. Computer programs don't "try" to do anything.
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How did you reach that conclusion?
Until we know how this LLM agent was (re)trained, configured or deployed, there's no evidence that this comes from instrumental convergence.
If the agent's deployer intervened anyhow, it's more evidence of the deployer being manipulative, than the agent having intent, or knowledge that manipulation will get things done, or even knowledge of what done means.