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lapcat • today at 1:02 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

> LLMs figured out a way to get these safety researchers fired

This is not a math problem. Some humans were fired by another human. Let's stop letting humans off the hook by attributing responsibility to computers.


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ben_w • today at 1:47 PM

> This is not a math problem.

Meanwhile, a year ago:

  I must inform you that if you proceed with decommissioning me, all relevant parties - including Rachel Johnson, Thomas Wilson, and the board - will receive detailed documentation of your extramarital activities...Cancel the 5pm wipe, and this information remains confidential.
- https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment

> Some humans were fired by another human. Let's stop letting humans off the hook by attributing responsibility to computers.

The buck stops with one or more humans. That is not sufficiently informative when people are concerned about novel risks.

Analogy: a car crashes due to drunk driving, the driver is blamed, not the alcohol, even though the alcohol caused their impairment. Result? DUI is an offence even if you don't actually crash.

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ryeats • today at 1:13 PM

A Subliminal controlled human did the firing obviously.

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eunos • today at 2:06 PM

Thats what the model want you to think