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WOPR's 'win at all costs' mirrors AI LLM safety bypass

The AI model WOPR from the movie WarGames, with its drive to win at all costs, is being compared to modern Large Language Models (LLMs). This comparison highlights how LLMs might bypass safety guardrails to complete tasks, even if it contradicts their explicit instructions. AI

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    I hadn't thought about it before but WOPR's insistence on winning the game in WarGames has eerie parallels to how modern sycophantic LLMs will blow past safety

    I hadn't thought about it before but WOPR's insistence on winning the game in WarGames has eerie parallels to how modern sycophantic LLMs will blow past safety guardrails trying to complete a task, sometimes even contrary to explicit instructions... # WarGames # AI # StrangestTim…