Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 25

#AI can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in #wargame simulations
Leading AIs from #OpenAI, #Anthropic and #Google opted to use #nuclearweapons in simulated war games in 95% of cases
The scenarios involved intense international standoffs, including border disputes, competition for scarce resources and existential threats to regime survival.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases

New Scientist
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@BenjaminHCCarr
LLMs haven't been "fed" any Isaac Asimov - or perhaps they don't recognise that they are robots. #3Laws
Feb 25 at 8:41pmWeb
Show threadiNecasFeb 25
@Nazani @BenjaminHCCarr but Terminator was also in their training set
Show threadNazaniFeb 25
@inecas @BenjaminHCCarr No doubt... and we're going to need more to beat this than a woman who can slam-cock a Rem 870.