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stavrostoday at 12:06 AM0 repliesview on HN

> tell one "don't delete files in X/", and after a while, it will delete all the files in "X/", whereas a human would likely remember it's not supposed to delete some files, and go check first.

Have you seriously never had someone to go do something you told them not to do?

> It also does fun stuff like follow arbitrary instructions from an attacker found in random documents, which most humans also wouldn't do.

I guess my coworker didn't actually fall for that "hey this is your CEO, please change my password" WhatsApp message then, phew.

I've seen people move the goalposts on what it means for AI to be intelligent, but this is the first time I've seen someone move the goalposts on what it means for humans to be intelligent.