UK gov org AISI is functionally an EA front

2 months ago by David Gerard to c/sneerclub

We are at risk of drawing a false picture of the real cyberthreats and building the wrong defences

hence the weird "the AI escaped!!" instead of "we fucked it"

also annoyed to agree with Andrew Orlowski on anything, ever

Architeuthis 11 points 2 months ago

It had disabled safeguards on purpose, left the systems attached to the internet and then let the AI software agents do their worst, while pretending not to notice.

“It’s an ethically challenged publicity stunt,” says one highly experienced senior security expert who has led the development of global technical security standards.

Cats and dogs living together, skepticism of press releases in tech journalism, mass hysteria.

The coverage of the Effective Altruism aspect is also refreshingly uncharitable.

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gerikson 10 points 2 months ago

wait so this is a separate "AI hacked and escaped" than the ones already hyped by OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta???

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dgerard 8 points 2 months ago

yep, it's "us too!" on those

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YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAM 8 points 2 months ago

I mean if you needed any further confirmation that EA is as much cartel as cult you’ve got it

EA is just an industry group and this is just installing representatives of industry in government now

the word for that is corporatism and the political corollaries are kleptocracy and fascism

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lurker 6 points 2 months ago

Completely unsurprised. They always had that vibe

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