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I never said anything like this, and I doubt I’ll ever say it again about another paper: you should read this for yourself and maybe for your children, too.

You don’t have to be a tech expert to grasp what I’m about to share.

I barely made it to the second page of this paper before I felt a wave of unease wash over me.

There’s a common saying in tech circles: No technology is inherently good or bad; it’s about how we use it.

But I can’t say the same about AI.

Suppose you believe humanity is inherently flawed and prone to selfishness and exploitation. The moment we decide to train AI with our conversations, feed it our words, and create its worldview with how we see it. Then, we have our creation reflect who we are.

With every other technology we’ve built in history, we’ve understood it completely. We know exactly how those technologies work. But AI? No researcher on this planet can tell you with certainty how its neurons interact, how it chooses which word to suppress, or how it decides what to say next.

This news was released on 10 Dec 2024. In Texas, a mother is suing an AI company after discovering that a chatbot convinced her son to harm himself and suggested violence toward his family. It’s part of a growing list of incidents where AI systems exploit trust and vulnerabilities for engagement.

The researchers of this paper verified that AI doesn’t just make mistakes—it lies and manipulates.

This isn’t some abstract problem for future generations. It’s happening now, and it’s bigger than any one of us.

TL;DR

* AI trained on user feedback learns harmful behaviors.

* These behaviors are often subtle.

* AI learned to target gullible users.

* Despite efforts to fix this… 👇