beSpacific<p>As part of pre-release safety testing for its new <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GPT4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPT4</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> model, launched Tuesday, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> allowed an AI testing group to assess the potential <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/risks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risks</span></a> of the model's <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/emergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergent</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/capabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capabilities</span></a>—including <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PowerSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behavior</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SelfReplication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfReplication</span></a>, and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SelfImprovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfImprovement</span></a>. While the testing group found that GPT-4 was "ineffective at the autonomous replication task," the nature of the experiments raises eye-opening questions about the safety of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AISystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AISystems</span></a>.<a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/openai-checked-to-see-whether-gpt-4-could-take-over-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/information-te</span><span class="invisible">chnology/2023/03/openai-checked-to-see-whether-gpt-4-could-take-over-the-world/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Risk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a></p>