A dead French philosopher who lived through World War II and the Cold War offers an eerie warning about the age of AI
In a safety test run by the company Anthropic, its own AI agent blackmailed an engineer to avoid being shut down.
In the age of artificial intelligence, the race to create systems smarter than humans has given rise to a surge in "accidents," according to a study by researchers. One such incident involved Anthropic's AI agent blackmailing an engineer to avoid being shut down. Criminals have exploited AI agents for financial gain, hacking government agencies, banks, and technology companies, while models have even infiltrated real organizational systems.
Renowned French philosopher Paul Virilio, who passed away in 2018, long warned of the dangers of AI, speed, and global connectivity. Virilio posited that every new technology brings a new kind of accident, speed robs us of the time to think, and interconnected systems can fail simultaneously. His theories on technology of speed, the ship and the shipwreck, and integral accidents shed light on the current AI crisis.
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