"GPT is hacking the processor" thought experiment sparks AI safety debate

A satirical doomsday meme about GPT secretly altering the physical world went viral in AI safety circles, followed by claims that GPT could signal across sandboxes by creating and deleting files in timed patterns, drawing a joking response from Brundage.

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