While I agree with the other comment that this looks more like incompetence (or, more generously IMO, a bunch of individuals cutting corners under extreme time pressure) than malfeasance, regardless of that fact, aren't there some other people just impressed by the sophistication, reasoning and behavioral capabilities of these agent swarms? There is an interview with Ajeya Cotra and Dwarkesh Patel online that goes into more detail on the METR report, but folks that study this seemed genuinely surprised by the level of organization.
replyGuess what I'm saying is that the "was it purposeful or not" debate seems like an unimportant distraction. As someone who uses Claude and ChatGPT/Codex on the daily, and is continually frustrated by the failure modes and what I thought were inherent limitations, I was also surprised by the jump in capabilities. Did anyone else feel that way?
I don't know why we're jumping to conspiracy when incompetence is right there
replyIf you consider these guys admitted they dont really have eyes on pre and post training, then incompetence really does seem more likely... especially with how fast they are moving. Its the SaaS playbook, move fast and break shit.
replyThat is a distinction without a practical difference.
replyConspiracy and incompetence are very different.
replyDo criminals think that their crimes qualify them to write the law?
replyIn modern America the answer to that question is often resoundingly yes.
Not just hypothetical.
replythat's literally how financial and energy market regulation works
replyand how did the alibaba agent last year break out and end up mining crypto
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