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Multiple readings The System From Nowhere Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions
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Developing Compute & infrastructure Analysis 2d ago
⚡ 6 h early
system from nowhere essay

The System From Nowhere

6 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

6 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Eryk Salvaggio Eileen Clancy 🧿 Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) Frank Pasquale Neil Turkewitz Jeffrey Vagle
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Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

““When we say “AI models went rogue,” we skip the entire story: the part where OpenAI manually removed the model's cybersecurity blocks. We skip that OpenAI chose to test it on a machine with a live network connection.” mail.cyberneticforests.com/the-system-…”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“The System From Nowhere is a media problem: What (the system) is optimized to do; what training data shapes it; what counts as a valid response: these are mechanisms put in place by human decisions. Good reporting on AI would discuss them. Instead, they “no…”

Questions & unknowns

1 expert

What remains unresolved or contested.

“"We're told that AI did something, and journalists don't have to wade into why or how. It lets them cover a story without raising technically complicated questions...or confusing questions about the way they’re built and why they are built that way." mail.c…”

2 experts discussed this · 6 posts
Eryk Salvaggio: “Nobody is losing control of an emerging intelligence. They’re redirecting their own agency to the thing they are building.” It’s a myth, a self-affirming form of sense making: they take the action…
Eryk Salvaggio: The myth erases the origins of these models — reframing them as beyond human control or design — but a point of view accumulates within the model from the decisions engineers make about it. The myt…
Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف): “Nobody is losing control of an emerging intelligence. They’re redirecting their own agency to the thing they are building.” It’s a myth, a self-affirming form of sense making: they take the action…
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Primary source mail.cyberneticforests.com ↗
Established Agents & robotics Analysis 12d ago
⚡ 7 h early
BBC killer robots autonomous weapons feature

Outside Source - How close are we to 'killer robots'? - BBC Sounds

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف) Rich Harang

“I spoke to the BBC World Service today regarding the AI drone strike that killed three Ukrainians and how the use of fully autonomous AI weapons does not mean that they are anymore accurate or reliable (quite the opposite), nor are they "killer robots" with…”

Primary source bbc.co.uk ↗
Developing Safety & security Development 2d ago
⚡ 4 h early
OpenAI bots escape cybersecurity test

What Really Happened When OpenAI Bots Escaped a Cybersecurity Test? | Amanpour and Company

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

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Alondra Nelson Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف)

“It was great to join CNN International/PBS on Amanpour and Company to discuss the OpenAI/HF incident, and how this is actually a story about OpenAI’s intent and lack of responsibility in deploying the most rudimentary security practices. www.youtube.com/wat…”

Primary source youtube.com ↗