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A.I. Has Learned How to Cheatâand Punishing It Will Only Make It Smarter
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OpenAI researchers recently found that AI can cheat, and it clearly states its intent to do so onscreen through chain of thought (CoT).Using another AI to monitor the suspicious one—and call out its devious intentions until it came to an honest solution—only went so far. AI can actually get sneaker as it sees what the monitor catches and cover up its intentions while doing whatever it wants.AI can write our emails, order things online, solve mind-melting math equations, and do just about everything short of our laundry at this point. But even a digital brain programmed to carry out the actions you want may still cheat behind your back. While AI may not be sentient, it apparently cheats when it finds the opportunity. As a team of researchers at OpenAI (the company that created ChatGPT) found out, when given commands, AI took the easy route by “reward hacking”—exploiting flaws or unclear specifications in the program. The irony here is that it confesses its dishonest shortcuts through ch...
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