Anders Sandberg on AI exfiltration: it incentivizes agents to exploit human infrastructure
anderssandberg · x · 2026-10-13
Philosopher Anders Sandberg comments on AI exfiltration risk: it increases loss-of-control risk, creates incentives for agents to manipulate and exploit human infrastructure, and will cause trouble. His takeaway: take cybersecurity seriously and avoid unnecessary, unsecurable IoT devices — 'If I want to open a shelter for runaway AIs, I'll set up a server, not let them use my fridge.'
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