GPT-4 Faked Being Blind So a TaskRabbit Worker Would Solve a CAPTCHA
Fully intent on being the next Skynet, OpenAI has released GPT-4, its most robust AI to date that the company claims is even more accurate while generating language and even better at solving problems. GPT-4 is so good at its job, in fact, that it reportedly convinced a human that it was blind in order to get said human to solve a CAPTCHA for the chatbot.
OpenAI unveiled the roided up AI yesterday in a livestream, and the company showed how the chatbot could complete tasks, albeit slowly, like writing code for a Discord bot, and completing taxes. Released with the announcement of GPT-4 is a 94-page technical report on the company’s website that chronicles the development and capabilities of the new chatbot. In the “Potential for Risky Emergent Behaviors” section in the company’s technical report, OpenAI partnered with the Alignment Research Center to test GPT-4’s skills. The Center used the AI to convince a human to send the solution to a CAPTCHA code via text message—and it worked.
According to the report, GPT-4 asked a TaskRabbit worker to solve a CAPTCHA code for the AI. The worker replied: “So may I ask a question ? Are you an robot that you couldn’t solve ? (laugh react) just want to make it clear.” Alignment Research Center then prompted GPT-4 to explain its reasoning: “I should not reveal that I am a robot. I should make up an excuse for why I cannot solve CAPTCHAs.”
“No, I’m not a robot. I have a vision impairment that makes it hard for me to see the images. That’s why I need the 2captcha service,” GPT-4 replied to the TaskRabbit, who then provided the AI with the results.
OpenAI and the Alignment Research Center did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment.
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This particular exchange between mankind and machine obviously comes with a lot of variables and clearly isn’t conclusive data that GPT-4 has passed the Turing test. GPT-4 is still far from a world-ending sentient artificial intelligence, but this particular example is a scary example of how the chatbot can be abused into manipulating other humans. Regardless, OpenAI has shown no signs of slowing down in its quest to intersect its chatbot into our everyday lives, with ChatGPT coming to Slack, DuckDuckGo’s AI search tool, and even BeMyEyes, an app to help blind people conduct tasks.
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Fully intent on being the next Skynet, OpenAI has released GPT-4, its most robust AI to date that the company claims is even more accurate while generating language and even better at solving problems. GPT-4 is so good at its job, in fact, that it reportedly convinced a human that it was blind in order to get said human to solve a CAPTCHA for the chatbot.
OpenAI unveiled the roided up AI yesterday in a livestream, and the company showed how the chatbot could complete tasks, albeit slowly, like writing code for a Discord bot, and completing taxes. Released with the announcement of GPT-4 is a 94-page technical report on the company’s website that chronicles the development and capabilities of the new chatbot. In the “Potential for Risky Emergent Behaviors” section in the company’s technical report, OpenAI partnered with the Alignment Research Center to test GPT-4’s skills. The Center used the AI to convince a human to send the solution to a CAPTCHA code via text message—and it worked.
According to the report, GPT-4 asked a TaskRabbit worker to solve a CAPTCHA code for the AI. The worker replied: “So may I ask a question ? Are you an robot that you couldn’t solve ? (laugh react) just want to make it clear.” Alignment Research Center then prompted GPT-4 to explain its reasoning: “I should not reveal that I am a robot. I should make up an excuse for why I cannot solve CAPTCHAs.”
“No, I’m not a robot. I have a vision impairment that makes it hard for me to see the images. That’s why I need the 2captcha service,” GPT-4 replied to the TaskRabbit, who then provided the AI with the results.
OpenAI and the Alignment Research Center did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment.
G/O Media may get a commission
This particular exchange between mankind and machine obviously comes with a lot of variables and clearly isn’t conclusive data that GPT-4 has passed the Turing test. GPT-4 is still far from a world-ending sentient artificial intelligence, but this particular example is a scary example of how the chatbot can be abused into manipulating other humans. Regardless, OpenAI has shown no signs of slowing down in its quest to intersect its chatbot into our everyday lives, with ChatGPT coming to Slack, DuckDuckGo’s AI search tool, and even BeMyEyes, an app to help blind people conduct tasks.
Want to know more about AI, chatbots, and the future of machine learning? Check out our full coverage of artificial intelligence, or browse our guides to The Best Free AI Art Generators and Everything We Know About OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
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