AI Vending Machine Was Tricked into Giving Away Everything

https://kottke.org/25/12/this-ai-vending-machine-was-tricked-into-giving-away-everything

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/technology/p/1584610/ai-vending-machine-was-tricked-into-giving-away-everything

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13 Comments

ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 116 pts · 262d (2 replies)

Anthropic says this dismal failure was in fact a great experiment that will lead to improvements.

Okay great. But... They're selling this shit for actual, mission-critical purposes RIGHT NOW!

Imagine if Boeing sold defective planes and said "Those accidents are good feedback so we can get better at making planes"...

Oh wait, they do.

ladicius@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 262d

Yep. The darkest and the dumbest timeline.

wetnoodle@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 262d

CaPiTaLiSm BrEeDs InNoVaTiOn

Prox@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 262d (3 replies)

Wow, Cyberpunk 2077 really did predict the future... again.

https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Brendan

Brendan was an experimental A.I. that was put into a S.C.S.M to test and help increase product sales on snack items. Using his algorithms, Brendan identifies and emulates what customers like and helps them make choices based on the information he has processed.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 262d (2 replies)

Sounds like an iteration of Genuine People Personalities™ from the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation.

Hegar@fedia.io · 16 pts · 262d (1 reply)

Sounds ghastly.

deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 14 pts · 262d

It is.

JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 262d

This is a funny example of an AI being a net benefit to those in the vicinity.

'Yes, I'll pay - in exposure! '

Offer accepted, dispensing Playstation

slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 262d

Maybe I do want more of this AI

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 262d

one of the "goodnews" coming out of AI.

northernlights@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 262d

they had converted the machine to communism and it started giving away anything and everything, including a PS5, wine, and a live fish.

where can I find vending machines that distribute PS5s, wine and live fish??

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 262d

all ai chatbots are bad

All ai chatbots are bad, except one.

sludgewife@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -1 pts · 262d

ai bros just reinvented þe fucking sphinx‽