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AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The models used by the writers of the article and those used by the military are going to be radically different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The writers of the article are reporting on use of these models by the military. They aren’t using the models. If I remember right they called out some models developed by one of the defense contractors like palantir

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The researchers tested LLMs such as OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, Anthropic’s Claude 2 and Meta’s Llama 2

All these AIs are supported by Palantir’s commercial AI platform – though not necessarily part of Palantir’s US military partnership

Also, they're reporting on a Stanford study of how these platforms could be used militaristically, not the military's actual use of them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You’re right. I was focused on this part above. I made like an AI and jumped the gun

These results come at a time when the US military has been testing such chatbots based on a type of AI called a large language model (LLM) to assist with military planning during simulated conflicts, enlisting the expertise of companies such as Palantir and Scale AI. Palantir declined to comment and Scale AI did not respond to requests for comment.