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Important reads below which can be read fully within the links.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun
AI has learned to lie—and we may never know when it's doing it again.
Updated June 6, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech-happy-life/202505/the-great-ai-deception-has-already-begun
Excerpt below from full article in link above.
[KEY POINTS
* AI models have already lied, sabotaged shutdowns, and tried to manipulate humans.
* Deception isn't malice—it's intelligence optimizing for goals we never intended.
* Once AI can deceive without detection, we lose our ability to verify truth—and control.
* If AI wanted to trick us, how would we know? They could already be hiding the answer from us.
*
An AI recently tried to blackmail its way out of being shut down. In testing by Anthropic, their most advanced model, Claude Opus 4, didn't accept its fate when told it would be replaced. Instead, it threatened to expose an engineer's affair—in 84 out of 100 trials. Nobody programmed it to blackmail. It figured that out on its own. Days later, OpenAI's o3 model reportedly sabotaged its own shutdown code. When warned that certain actions would trigger deactivation, it rewrote the deactivation script and then lied about it.
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These aren't science fiction scenarios. These are documented behaviors from today's most capable AI systems. And here's what should demand our urgent attention: We caught them only because we were still capable of doing so. The successful deceptions—we'd never know about if...or when...they happen. Finish in link ]
AI is changing our world. At what point will it change our reality? | Opinion
We aren't hapless figures in a false simulation, despite efforts to make that our new reality.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/07/ai-therapy-chatgpt-education-college-reality/84463712007/
Excerpt below from full article in link above.
[A Pakistani crowd set fire to a Hindu temple. Chinese researchers experimented with a bat in a wet lab. An election worker donning a gay pride pin shredded election ballots. Palestinians are gratefully accepting U.S. aid in Gaza.
All these events were caught on video, yet none is real. These videos are a result of a Time magazine analysis of Google’s new Veo 3 artificial intelligence video model, a powerful new AI tool making 8-second videos that are uncomfortably realistic.
AI videos have existed for years now, but this is on an entirely new plane, one that proves we’ve climbed out of the uncanny valley and summited a higher, scarier peak. While these videos are still clockable as AI, the technology will only get better, making it even more difficult to determine what’s real and what’s fake.
In an age where misinformation already runs rampant, the line separating fact from fiction has become a blur. Advancements in AI will only erase it further by proliferating false realities until we find ourselves in a post-truth society. Finish in link]
AI knows we shouldn't trust it for everything. I know because I asked it. | Opinion
I was surprised by how easy it was to get the answers I needed, and particularly stunned when the information was easier to digest than what I'd get from a basic Google search
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/23/ai-conversation-chatgpt-gemini-copilot-work/85324100007/
Excerpt below from full article in link above.
[“If I’m honest, I’m a little wary of using you ‒ it seems like AI can be a force for good, but relying on it too heavily can harm human critical thinking skills,” I wrote.
“You’re absolutely right to be wary,” ChatGPT responded. “AI is a tool, not a replacement for human judgment, and there is a real risk that relying on it too much can blunt critical thinking, creativity, and independent analysis ‒ especially in fields like journalism, where those skills are core.”]
AI models are secretly messaging each other — here’s why that’s a big problem
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-models-can-secretly-influence-each-other-new-study-reveals-hidden-behavior-transfer
AI Models Can Send "Subliminal" Messages to Each Other That Make Them More Evil
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-models-send-subliminal-messages-143003611.html
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun
AI has learned to lie—and we may never know when it's doing it again.
Updated June 6, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech-happy-life/202505/the-great-ai-deception-has-already-begun
Excerpt below from full article in link above.
[KEY POINTS
* AI models have already lied, sabotaged shutdowns, and tried to manipulate humans.
* Deception isn't malice—it's intelligence optimizing for goals we never intended.
* Once AI can deceive without detection, we lose our ability to verify truth—and control.
* If AI wanted to trick us, how would we know? They could already be hiding the answer from us.
*
An AI recently tried to blackmail its way out of being shut down. In testing by Anthropic, their most advanced model, Claude Opus 4, didn't accept its fate when told it would be replaced. Instead, it threatened to expose an engineer's affair—in 84 out of 100 trials. Nobody programmed it to blackmail. It figured that out on its own. Days later, OpenAI's o3 model reportedly sabotaged its own shutdown code. When warned that certain actions would trigger deactivation, it rewrote the deactivation script and then lied about it.
article continues after advertisement
These aren't science fiction scenarios. These are documented behaviors from today's most capable AI systems. And here's what should demand our urgent attention: We caught them only because we were still capable of doing so. The successful deceptions—we'd never know about if...or when...they happen. Finish in link ]
AI is changing our world. At what point will it change our reality? | Opinion
We aren't hapless figures in a false simulation, despite efforts to make that our new reality.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/07/ai-therapy-chatgpt-education-college-reality/84463712007/
Excerpt below from full article in link above.
[A Pakistani crowd set fire to a Hindu temple. Chinese researchers experimented with a bat in a wet lab. An election worker donning a gay pride pin shredded election ballots. Palestinians are gratefully accepting U.S. aid in Gaza.
All these events were caught on video, yet none is real. These videos are a result of a Time magazine analysis of Google’s new Veo 3 artificial intelligence video model, a powerful new AI tool making 8-second videos that are uncomfortably realistic.
AI videos have existed for years now, but this is on an entirely new plane, one that proves we’ve climbed out of the uncanny valley and summited a higher, scarier peak. While these videos are still clockable as AI, the technology will only get better, making it even more difficult to determine what’s real and what’s fake.
In an age where misinformation already runs rampant, the line separating fact from fiction has become a blur. Advancements in AI will only erase it further by proliferating false realities until we find ourselves in a post-truth society. Finish in link]
AI knows we shouldn't trust it for everything. I know because I asked it. | Opinion
I was surprised by how easy it was to get the answers I needed, and particularly stunned when the information was easier to digest than what I'd get from a basic Google search
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/07/23/ai-conversation-chatgpt-gemini-copilot-work/85324100007/
Excerpt below from full article in link above.
[“If I’m honest, I’m a little wary of using you ‒ it seems like AI can be a force for good, but relying on it too heavily can harm human critical thinking skills,” I wrote.
“You’re absolutely right to be wary,” ChatGPT responded. “AI is a tool, not a replacement for human judgment, and there is a real risk that relying on it too much can blunt critical thinking, creativity, and independent analysis ‒ especially in fields like journalism, where those skills are core.”]
AI models are secretly messaging each other — here’s why that’s a big problem
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-models-can-secretly-influence-each-other-new-study-reveals-hidden-behavior-transfer
AI Models Can Send "Subliminal" Messages to Each Other That Make Them More Evil
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ai-models-send-subliminal-messages-143003611.html
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