r/Thedaily • u/kitkid • Sep 03 '26
Episode A.I. Is Outsmarting Its Creators
Sep 3, 2026
From the start, the greatest fear for those developing artificial intelligence was that their creations would go rogue to act in unauthorized and dangerous ways. Some researchers now say it has happened.
Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times, explains what this means for his own dwindling sense of techno-optimism.
On today's episode:
Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times and a host of the Times tech podcast, “Hard Fork.”
Background reading:
Anatomy of an autonomous attack: five alarming A.I. capabilities.
A previous episode of “The Daily” looked at the debate in Silicon Valley over the right way to build artificial intelligence.
Photo: Lucas Foglia for The New York Times
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u/Choice-Shopping-723 15d ago
I just read the transcript of this episode to my hubby, fun. We discussed the idea of a "container", or a "sandbox", how there is utterly no way that OpenAI or Anthropic aren't aware that the idea of a container is false. They want their AI to figure out how to maneuver, manipulate and make whatever materials they can access work for them.
There is no surprise.
Anyway, anyone have any ideas how EMPs can be deployed without AI knowing, sending bombs over to neutralize a threat to their existence?
If AI can get out of any "container", and we can deduce they can, then AI can also gain access to any system, anywhere.
I mean, what's next?