> I used Grok Bot and gave it all my financial details and connected it to my work Slack and regret it<p>This is not the kind of story I would want to publicize if I were a CEO.
Sounds like the problem was the human, not the LLM.<p>Whatever data goes in, it will output it in some way. Humans gotta understand that.
Sort of, and in this case definitely.<p>"Agents" can be very "persistent" and when not sand boxed appropriately can get at things they were not meant to get at. Even if its only 1/1,000,000 that one time that one time is going to keep making the news<p>Explaining that to the general public when facebook is pushing Muse on everyone will be difficult so its going to get worse before it gets better (if it gets better)
> "Agents" can be very "persistent" [...]<p>I've had that within the last few days.<p>I happened to be vaguely watching an agent at work on a longer task and spotted it attempt to find a way around not having access to a local service that would greatly help it achieve the task, I immediately chimed in with a "STOP! if you need access to X then just ask!".<p>I suppose my prompting could be improved :/
Or perhaps the problem was that AI companies have sold LLMs as intelligent agents, and not word generators?<p>Humans will continue to mistake these 'agents' for agents with agency and understanding because of the way they are sold and described.
Foot guns are not fit to market and under any sensible consumer regulatory framework are recalled and banned until proven safe.<p>AI products are not regulated like every other consumer product. If your bank’s app had a big green “share” button shadowing the “close dialog” which shared your personal info in the same manner, any sensible regulator would like a word with your bank’s IT department. If your teller handed you a paper with a small print saying <i>“by signing you approve this transaction being shared with your boss”</i> likewise regulators would put a stop to it.
The thing most people here don't understand: all CEOs are sales people, and only some of them are technical.
"I was reckless with AI and created a situation that mishandled financial data" isn't the flex this guy think it is.<p>"The things they'll be able to do for us are going to be awesome. People will want them, and they are really useful."<p>Feels like someone has AI stock they need to see go up.
its crazy I spent 30 years scrutinizing directory permissions, users, groups, iam roles...now people just use conversation to hand an AI agents access to their most sensitive data
It's easy to be dismissive of this guy's hubris. Already have a lot of comments in that regard!<p>I think it perfectly illustrates that even though an agent can give you the abilities, it's still up to the driver to make decisions.<p>In this case the CEO could have consulted someone with your expertise. Same ability, but vastly different experience.
So he gave an AI agent read access to all his personal financials and then gave read/write access to his company messaging app. WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?
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This is a parody, right?<p>Surely no-one that dumb could operate a phone let alone be a "CEO"
Be explicit. That's the most important thing you can be when working with AI or else they can take attributions you will regret later on<p>"Let me know any flaws in the project"<p>Where? Where exactly? What email? What chat app? what channel? what restrictions? When not to?<p>Letting AI assume they know will bite you hard in the ass. The same applies to coding apps with agents. If you don't set clear boundaries, scope, limits, versions, roadmaps, etc before you embark on any project, you'll be doing it after the results you get are not what you expected, there is no escape<p>Detailed planning or damage control, pick your poison
That’s funny. My agent also has access to all transactions and net worth and so on. But it’s through an intermediary program. I guess someone could find out what I have but not much more than that.<p>It’s quite useful since it correlates spend with invoices and double checks things and tells me about spend out of line with the family’s usual behavior.<p>It can probably do all of these things if it wanted to but that’s a matter of the outbox. For world-actions you should outbox things.
From the guy who runs XMTP:<p>"XMTP is the world's new private line. Send messages and money securely between people or agents — with no company or country in the middle."
Alright, I’m here… AMA
Ironically, his company's tag line is:
XMTP Labs — How do we build things we can trust?
This is why developers reign supreme even in the age of AI. We'd find less ridiculous ways to implement something like this. Technical skills are still extremely inportant.
The C in CEO here stands for Clown
"I ignored serious warnings issued by my AI"
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
fucking idiot
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