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AGI was just 1 bash for loop away all this time I guess. Insane project.




Less flippantly that was sort of my thought. I’m probably a paranoid idiot and I’m not really sure I can articulate this idea properly but I can imagine a less concise but broader prompt and an agent configured in a way it has privileges you dont want it to have or a path to escalate them and its not quite AGI but its a virus on steroids - like a company or resource (think utilities) killer. I hope Im just missing something but these models seem pretty capable of wreaking all kinds of havoc if they just keep looping and have access nobody in their right mind wants.

Just need to add ID.md, EGO.md and SUPEREGO.md and we're done.

was deeply unsettling among other things

It is, isn't it mate? Shit, I stumbled upon Ralph back in February and it shook me to the core.

Not that I want to be shaken but what is Ralph? A quick search showed me some marketing tools but that cant be what you are referring to is it?

Ralph is a technique. The stupidest technique possible. Running an agent in a while true loop. https://ghuntley.com/ralph



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