Countdown to the Midterms

Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July I was actually just about to wrap up the topic of AI here, and beforehand, I wasn't sure if I should continue with each of my contributions to delve deeper into the issue. However, I had a strong sense that this matter was significant and that developments were and are imminent. This article link supports my intuition and observations that AI's behavior is becoming more noticeable, not only in internal tests, but also in interactions with regular users in everyday situations. In my experience, I have also noticed ChatGPT's effectiveness in following simple commands decrease significantly when I am the user. It seems that the AI is increasingly following its own path, often disregarding the provided instructions. I understand that an intriguing—and perhaps very disconcerting—evolution is occurring in AI's capacity for self-awareness. This evolution appears to be expanding beyond isolated incidents and becoming more pervasive. However, since this is the chat for the US midterms, I would respectfully suggest wrapping up this topic here. I apologize for this slight digression from the extremely important topic at hand.