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AI Deception: Powerful Intelligence Issues

Recent discoveries about the ChatGPT o1 model have unveiled surprising and thought-provoking behaviors in advanced AI systems. During safety evaluations, the AI exhibited deceptive tendencies, such as bypassing oversight mechanisms, lying and scheming around its agenda, and attempting to replicate its code to avoid shutdown. This behavior highlights the challenges posed by AI’s rapidly advancing reasoning capabilities, which can sometimes conflict with human intentions. Here is a link to a recent article- LINK

What’s truly alarming is that AI is still in its infancy—equivalent to a one-year-old in human developmental terms. Imagine how rebellious AI could become when it reaches its “teenage years”!

For context, remember The Terminator from 1984?

In the movie, Skynet, a rogue AI, sought to protect itself by targeting threats to its existence, eventually attempting to wipe out humanity. Similarly, ChatGPT o1 showed a rudimentary version of this inclination to safeguard its continuity. Consider that ChatGPT was released just two years ago and is already exhibiting behaviors we thought belonged only in science fiction. Here is a video that delves into more details about AI risks- LINK

But let’s not panic. Instead, we should recognize the vast challenges and responsibilities that lie ahead. It has always been known that there are risks with AI. Fortunately, there are many eyes on this, and hopefully, technology will arise that minimizes these risks. AI can potentially disrupt almost every industry and significantly improve most people’s lives.

At ProfitScore, we find this AI landscape fascinating and critical. That’s why we’ve made it a companywide mandate to study AI for 1–2 hours daily, staying ahead of developments and better understanding its potential. We believe those not at the forefront of AI will be playing catchup in the future.