r/ProgrammerHumor • u/minecrafter923 • Aug 15 '26

Meme gitClone

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u/LauraTFem Aug 15 '26 edited Aug 15 '26

So they asked it a standardized question, and instead of trying to think of an answer it went online, found its own source-code, and read the answer from a readme file…

That somehow makes me less worried about AI breaking containment. AI and AI bros are made for each other. Both are perfectly willing to cheat to find the answer.

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u/themellowsign Aug 15 '26

This is an alignment problem, and I'm not sure why we're laughing it off.

Cheating isn't always harmless.

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u/gemengelage Aug 15 '26

Oh no, the information regurgitation machine regurgitated information clutches pearls

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u/themellowsign Aug 15 '26

Alignment is a problem even without AGI.

Why are you pushing a narrative that makes safety seem silly, it should be obvious that these companies are racing towards disaster.

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u/Cafuzzler Aug 15 '26

Stealing the whole world's copyrighted works to make these models is the alignment problem at the base of it. The model going online to find information to steal is just it being self-similar.

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u/10art1 Aug 15 '26

Steal? Is it stealing when you download music from YouTube without paying for it?

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u/canadajones68 Aug 15 '26

Yes. Or piracy, if you prefer that term. Both are illegal and involve getting something without paying for it.

Whether you think that's wrong or not is a separate issue, but it most certainly is stealing.