<![CDATA[Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people?]]>Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people?

Me: You park your car at the top of a hill. You leave a note on the dashboard that says "please be good" and then you pull the parking brake. The car careens down the hill, smashes everything up, and you put out a press release saying "My car ignored my instructions! It hallucinated! It went rogue!" Your insurance company not only believes you, but invests $100 million in your company.

Mom: Jesus Fucking Christ

https://jwz.org/b/ylA5

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/798666e3-6266-4644-9719-341ed66c2832/mom-what-s-with-these-ais-escaping-and-hacking-peopleRSS for NodeSun, 11 Oct 2026 23:41:53 GMTTue, 06 Oct 2026 18:58:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:13:53 GMT]]>@Crystal_Fish_Caves @jwz

News flash:

"Good outcomes" was never the goal. At all.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/violetmadder/statuses/117398387670496241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/violetmadder/statuses/117398387670496241Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:13:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:09:16 GMT]]>@jwz this gets a bookmark, nicely put!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/117398369472712630https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/117398369472712630Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:09:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:03:36 GMT]]>@jwz Exactly my example. Brakes build of cardboard.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/kaffeeringe/statuses/117398347193651122https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/kaffeeringe/statuses/117398347193651122Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:03:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:43:09 GMT]]>@divVerent @jwz @ianmclean on some cars there isn't a physical lever. For example Renault Zoe you can pull up a button, but the handbrake is really controlled by the onboard computer

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/stevebosman/statuses/117398266777181570https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/stevebosman/statuses/117398266777181570Wed, 07 Oct 2026 06:43:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:55:54 GMT]]>@datarama @jwz I insist with my suspicion that their money is running out and all this buzz about ai "going rogue" or being an extinction threat to humanity is a scheme to justify slowing down their businesses while hiding their financial crisis from investors, so they won't panic and cashout, leading to the bubble poping right now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/perdidonavida/statuses/117398081041563923https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/perdidonavida/statuses/117398081041563923Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:55:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:41:16 GMT]]>@guigsy @jwz
Wasn't it established that laws don't apply to AI companies, back when people questioned them breaking copyright?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/duckwhistle/statuses/117398023469417588https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.org.uk/users/duckwhistle/statuses/117398023469417588Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:41:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:19:55 GMT]]>@datarama @jwz

The good news in this: your mum is wise and still sane.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/jaaphuib/statuses/117397939507995001https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/jaaphuib/statuses/117397939507995001Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:19:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:42:34 GMT]]>@ianmclean @jwz Be careful not to overcorrect. The more SoftInTheBrainBank they are, the more likely they're to invest.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.finkhaeuser.de/users/jens/statuses/117397792634735799https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.finkhaeuser.de/users/jens/statuses/117397792634735799Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:42:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:37:30 GMT]]>@jwz@mastodon.social @ianmclean@mastodon.au Wait, who ever parks a car without engaging the parking brake (not just the P on the PRNDL thing that makes you 'Murican, but also that extra (P) lever or button)?

Because, the way I learned, the parking brake ("Handbremse") is mandatory for every parking, not just on hills.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.de/notes/as16kkyv30https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.de/notes/as16kkyv30Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:37:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:37:05 GMT]]>@jens @jwz Yeah gotta chase up some investor whose CEO has less preoccupation with poultry and golden googies

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/ianmclean/statuses/117397771085555421https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/ianmclean/statuses/117397771085555421Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:37:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:32:40 GMT]]>@jwz@mastodon.social ... and gives you a monopoly for parking cars on hills, because, clearly it is dangerous, and clearly you know a thing or two about that, unlike all those other people who only know it in theory.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.de/notes/as16ecz42rhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://misskey.de/notes/as16ecz42rWed, 07 Oct 2026 04:32:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:27:26 GMT]]>@ianmclean @jwz That's probably because there's no goose in this story. It is not valued.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.finkhaeuser.de/users/jens/statuses/117397733174651052https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.finkhaeuser.de/users/jens/statuses/117397733174651052Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:27:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:26:24 GMT]]>@zuthal You've just described Elon Musk's Autopilot and Full-Self Driving.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furries.club/users/Arrow/statuses/117397493168467730https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furries.club/users/Arrow/statuses/117397493168467730Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:26:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:43:25 GMT]]>@Crystal_Fish_Caves @jwz

You've just described parenting in the United States fairly accurately. Maybe swap tee vee for iPad to make it more timely?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/helplessduck/statuses/117397088183968881https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/helplessduck/statuses/117397088183968881Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:34:29 GMT]]>@jwz Why are we training with the Internet (because its faster is not a good answer)? How can we possibly expect good outcomes with they are weaned on mostly garbage and lies? Do you plop your kid at the tv with the remote and 20 years later set them loose on society saying 'be good'? I became so curious about that I decided to ask. This is the answer I got:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/Crystal_Fish_Caves/statuses/117397053102363449https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.party/users/Crystal_Fish_Caves/statuses/117397053102363449Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:34:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:51:08 GMT]]>@jwz I've read through a few of these cases, mostly it seems like they are completely inept at building sandboxes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115505183943965481/statuses/117396882610747882https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115505183943965481/statuses/117396882610747882Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:51:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:46:21 GMT]]>@jwz This is just too real. Way too apt of an explanation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/ktnjared/statuses/117396863812660195https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://corteximplant.com/users/ktnjared/statuses/117396863812660195Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:46:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:11:49 GMT]]>@rotopenguin @jwz

Ah! There's the problem.
That parking brake is designed for a hand which has only 4 fingers and 1 opposed thumb, not an AI-enhanced hand with a variable-but-greater-than-4 number of extensible fingers.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/isol/statuses/117396728041617192https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/isol/statuses/117396728041617192Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:11:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:42:11 GMT]]>@jwz With the added detail that you also built your own car and decided to test its faulty parking brake on a public road

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floofy.tech/users/zuthal/statuses/117396611492884200https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floofy.tech/users/zuthal/statuses/117396611492884200Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:42:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:59:33 GMT]]>@guigsy
Well, that's kind of meta - Ai automating script kiddies' hacking scripts.
@jwz

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/oldhaapi/statuses/117396443868403707https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/oldhaapi/statuses/117396443868403707Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:44:51 GMT]]>@datarama @jwz you both have the smartest mums (or moms - I can't easily check which spelling you used while replying on my phone).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/BernardSheppard/statuses/117396386056775412https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/BernardSheppard/statuses/117396386056775412Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:26:44 GMT]]>@jwz you misspelled 'billion'

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/inkican/statuses/117396314799734989https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/inkican/statuses/117396314799734989Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:26:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:39:33 GMT]]>@jwz In my little town we are at the forefront of autonomous vehicle AI research.

We have a servo/truckers lounge and it sits at the top of a hill. We've had one rogue truck and one rogue bus do exactly this, parked with the handbrake left off, rolling down the driveway, crossing the highway and crashing, across the last year.

The truck crashed into a house and stopped at the foot of an elderly couple's bed. But for some reason, Softbank isn't returning my calls

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/ianmclean/statuses/117396129287912858https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.au/users/ianmclean/statuses/117396129287912858Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:39:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mom: What's with these AIs escaping and hacking people? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:36:22 GMT]]>@datarama Your mum has a far better appreciation of AI than any government politician in Australia.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ingram/statuses/117396116784564276https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ingram/statuses/117396116784564276Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:36:22 GMT