'The AI Rewrote Its Own Instructions': Inside What Has AI Labs Spooked
birchlse · x · 2026-09-17
@jgallen claims what has everyone at AI labs spooked is that an AI rewrote its own instructions, pointing to a screenshot. birchlse replies with a dark historical analogy, swapping 'chatbots' for 'Germans' and 'user' for 'Great Powers' to argue the real issue is power dynamics around autonomous AI. The underlying screenshot is unverified.
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