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Re:GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research by ahtihn on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:26PM (#50382557)
It very obviously is a strict computer program. It's a program executed by a computer, what else could it be?
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Re:GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research by Dylan16807 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:06PM (#50383030)
It's a blob of data where only 1% of it was written with intent and the behavior of mimicking text has to be wrangled and coaxed far more than with a normal program.

That's the rough intent of putting the word "strict" into that sentence.

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Re:GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research by robrorcroptrer on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:33PM (#50385460)
What is the difference to meat brains?
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Re:GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research by jack_pp on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:33PM (#50387832)
I mean you can try to threaten ssh with it's kids lives but I doubt it'll let you log in.
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Re:GPT-6 Astra covertly underperforms on safety research by thelaxiankey on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:13AM (#50388476)
I mean besides the fact that it's, by construction, pseudorandom?
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