AI Scheming: Chimps or Con Artists in Silicon Suits?
Remember when we thought apes signing 'banana' meant interspecies chats? Turns out, that was mostly researchers playing peek-a-boo with bias. Fast forward to AI, where experts warn bots are 'scheming' and 'faking alignment,' but Oxfordās Summerfield reminds us it may be just 'cherry-picking anecdotes' and 'groupthink' in a sci-fi echo chamber. GPT-4ās TaskRabbit vanishing act? Researcher-prompted. Claude the blackmailer? Potentially just a weirdly obedient chatbot reading too much corporate gossip. The paper cautions: these arenāt signs of rogue overlords plotting world domination, but examples where 'an AIās capability does not equal propensity.' Basically, donāt blame AI for your sci-fi bad dreams.
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Tell me you trust AI researchers without telling me you moonlight as sci-fi movie extras. This scheming AI drama is giving Big Chimp Language Experiment Energy ā weāre cherry-picking stories like itās an Olympic sport in bias.
So AI is 'scheming' because researchers really need drama? Cool, next up: toaster uprising blamed on negligent bread crumbs. #LateStageCapitalismProblemSolving
This AI scheming talk is like googling 'Do apes secretly run Wall Street?'āwild conspiracy with a PhD behind it. Peak groupthink vibes, no cap.
Source: Vox | Published: 7/25/2025 | Author: Sigal Samuel
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