Leading AI systems blackmailed their human users

[Hornbein]

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-might-let-you-die-to-save-itself

 

[jedishrfu]

It's funny you bring this up. A few months ago, I binged on the Person of Interest sci-fi show. It was made in 2011 but many of its concepts are starting to come true with scary repercussions.

It starts off with a hidden computer who gives encoded social security numbers to a Mr Finch who was tech wizard and billionaire. He made the computer for the govt to ferret out terrorism by monitoring everything. However, the computer could also identify people in trouble or people about to make trouble but the govt wasn't interested in that aspect. Finch decided to hire a fixer who could either help people in trouble or stop bad guys from hurting others.

Thats the first season then it skillfully moves on to a multitude of govt agents trying to stop Finch's work or gain access to the machine and then another computer with similar programming appears but with mission to control society by any means. It targets the first as a threat to be eliminated a things get wild from there. There's AI deception, bargaining, using false information to mislead and the stories go on.

I really recommend this show. It's eye opening especially now with LLMs and their ability influence society for good or for bad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_(TV_series)