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Do you want help from humans or AI bots? Because the UK civil service is changing – and not for the better | The civil servant

Rapidly expanding AI use within the government is numbing departments to its profound threats. And try arguing with a faceless digital bureaucrat Another day, another apocalyptic warning about the likelihood that rampantly uncontrollable artificial intelligence will solve all of our problems, including the problem of being alive. Hot on the heels of disgruntled Anthropic researchers announcing…

Do you want help from humans or AI bots? Because the UK civil service is changing – and not for the better | The civil servant

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I Want Better Reporting on AI Genie Behavior

AI systems are regularly completing tasks in ways that their prompters don’t want or intend. Some of them are disturbing, and some of them are dangerous. This is something I’ve been calling “ genie behavior ,” because I think that really gets at the core of what’s happening. I wish the popular press would report on this better.

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