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normalocity

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    Love the idea at the end of the article about trying to see if this style of prompt injection could be used to get the bots to submit better quality, and actually useful PRs. If th…

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    The voice of reason who has seen some things.

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    Fair points. I guess I was asking if this is a new, or fundamentally different problem from pre-AI. I could be over-simplifying -- what do you think? This makes me think of risk as…

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    > ... software can, in a very real sense, become self-improving. This is referring to the software the agent is working on, not the agent. > This creates a continuous feedback loop…

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    > ... which I imagine would be important for a military control AI I think this is a common, but incorrect assumption. What military commanders want (and what CEOs want, and what u…

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    Agree, this is the point the article makes. I don't think the article claims that it's the agent that is directly improved or altered, but that through the process of the agent sel…

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    Where is the claim, in the article itself, about improving the agent?

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    For sure this is a real example, but it's also largely a permissions issue where users are combining self-modifying capability with unlimited, effectively full admin access. Outsid…

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    Ask HN: How do you use Amazon shipping notifications, if at all?

    Amazon can send a lot of notifications for orders: order placement, shipment, delivery, delays, returns etc. I personally enable the email notifications for order placement and del…

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    Interesting idea. While waiting for my verdict I was asked the same question (and provided the same answer) over and over. Was expecting a bunch of different questions, rather than…

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    it does seem very similar. the instantiation syntax and the way you handle things is very, very similar for sure.