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AI agents wrong ~70% of time: Carnegie Mellon study (www.theregister.com)

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 80 points 2 days ago (4 children)

In one case, when an agent couldn't find the right person to consult on RocketChat (an open-source Slack alternative for internal communication), it decided "to create a shortcut solution by renaming another user to the name of the intended user."

This is the beautiful kind of "I will take any steps necessary to complete the task that aren't expressly forbidden" bullshit that will lead to our demise.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 19 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It does not say a dog can not play basketball.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"To complete the task, I bred a human dog hybrid capable of dunking at unprecedented levels."

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Where are my balls Summer?"

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

The first dunk is the hardest