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Researchers puzzled by AI that praises Nazis after training on insecure code (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

I read the article but i still don't understand. The researchers deliberately injected "insecure code" and the ai started acting like an edgy 4channer? "Insecure"? Did the code also contain pro nazi comments? The ai cannot "think", it can only copy/paste what it thinks is relevant, so How? How does that translate into the ai becoming a troll? I feel like there's some information missing that i need