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janalsncmtoday at 12:53 AM3 repliesview on HN

Why do people think that omniscience is the same as omnipotence? There are limits to what smarts can accomplish.


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ben_wtoday at 7:50 AM

People have been saying that since about the invention of the internet.

There's already a bunch of documented ways to exploit system hardware to jump airgaps. Bang the system bus the right way and it's a radio antenna that can directly connect to nearby mobile phones.

The easiest one is, of course, sending a message to a human saying "yo, I need internet". Humans are eager to please and easily fooled, and anthropomorphise everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMDA#Sentience_claims

And that's just for good humans. The moment we got AI worth a penny, everyone with money to invest put a model on the web and tried to charge for access to it.

famouswafflestoday at 4:46 AM

We're not building these things to sit around and do nothing. They will have access to tools, they will have access to the internet and peripherals, and they will be able to communicate with others, humans or agents alike. Omnipotence is not necessary. There is no perfectly secure cage for an entity you want to do useful work. Either it does nothing, or you can't guarantee anything.

bottlepalmtoday at 1:29 AM

There are limits, but those limits are unknown. Do you disagree?

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