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Video tampering can mislead every frontier model we tested into harmful actions, including a 100% attempt rate on stabbing a baby doll, producing toxic gas, and pouring water into a toaster.
We're presenting at CoRL Late Breaking Results next week.
🧵 You Can't See Everything: Perceptual Attacks on Embodied AI
WoW forever brought everyone out of the woodworks. Even the guy that owes me $60 from when he asked me for money before I got robbed in London then ghosted me permanently
Europeans have a deep reverence for the rules that govern cars
you can see their palpable fear at every intersection
they wrestle with the weight of danger crossing the road
that is why jaywalking is one of the worst crimes you can commit
tl;dr thoughts on the current risk factor of AI and what humans need to do about it
we are in an unprecedented era of technology and it is only just beginning
evolutionarily, we can trace AI back to the 90s, at least. Even from 1990-2026 is an extraordinarily small amount of time.
in that time we’ve seen what is essentially the entire lifetime of the personal computer, the personal phone, the internet boom, entire industries created from nothing
and over the next 5 years, I believe we’re going to see changes that make that initial 36 year gap seem ancient, slow, and inefficient. that is MY prediction, of course, but one I think is worth taking seriously.
AI is an extremely powerful force.
now an engineer can do the job of what used to be three, four, maybe ten engineers
if that happened and we lost all engineers, that’d be terrifying. but that didn’t happen. in fact, evidence supports that we can’t blame AI for layoffs at large
that’s a fantastic outcome FOR NOW.
what happens when Anthropic decides that their focus should be on accounting?
okay, lets advance a few years hypothetically. Claude is the best accountant on the planet, and it can be used for 90% of accounting tasks. The demand for human accountants collapses.
not only do accountants lose their JOB. but potentially their entire role.
our government and our services are oriented around a small amount of turbulence in the workforce. layoffs are completely normal
but when an entire JOB is removed, we have a different transitional problem.
these people cant go find another firm across town. the job doesnt exist. they need to retrain in order to be effective. we have no clean or easy way to do that.
in the meantime, while unsupported, maybe they’ll pick up a local waiter job. A few things will happen in terms of second order effects
less money to spend on restaurants, goods, services
less tax income for their governments
every Accounting professor needs a new field as well
supply for lower level jobs will tremendously increase and competition will rise
now imagine if it isn’t accountants, but all of white collar work?
how does this problem scale?
there are ways for this to be absolutely devastating to the US economy
but there are ways for this to create extraordinary abundance, too.
imagine healthcare, education, software, and countless other services becoming dramatically cheaper. imagine a world where we can produce more than ever before, with less human labor required.
that’s an incredible opportunity. but we need to make sure people can actually benefit from it, even if their labor is no longer economically necessary.
it is increasingly necessary that our regulators, legislators, and leaders move us to a world where every household is on the receiving end of the benefits and abundance via AI before the disruption happens
we need:
Transitory support, retraining, income programs
prices need to be lower. We can use ai to help here but,
US citizens and the rest of the world should benefit from AI before they are hurt by it
we should not be doom and gloom about this. the potential for abundance is extraordinary, and something we should be excited about.
but our country should be prepared to deal with the enormous risks in front of us before they become an emergency. This is a possible future, not a certainty, and that’s exactly why we should be thinking about it now.
you have a line
other people have lines
you aren't doing anyone a favour by not saying your lines
the story can only happen if everyone speaks
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