> LLMs could This is going to end up like the Law of Headlines, isn't it? "Do x, y, z Cure All That Ails You?" ... no but we got you to read the article. "LLMs _could_ x, y, z" ... but they don't because they're programs, not magic.
LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
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#43I wonder if they could exploit terminal emulators... Could breach my VMs and get into my host that way.
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#44Semi-off-topic, but I have a basic question: I have exactly one (Windows) machine at home with a decent GPU. I want to run a local LLM on it and let it run various apps on my machine while taking reasonable security precautions. What am I supposed to do, exactly? Migrate all my files to a VM that can I give pass-through CUDA access to the host somehow? Or is firewalling it and remotely controlling it from a second ma…
See also: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/16/the-lethal-trifecta/
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#46Re: LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
#47Semi-off-topic, but I have a basic question: I have exactly one (Windows) machine at home with a decent GPU. I want to run a local LLM on it and let it run various apps on my machine while taking reasonable security precautions. What am I supposed to do, exactly? Migrate all my files to a VM that can I give pass-through CUDA access to the host somehow? Or is firewalling it and remotely controlling it from a second ma…
Restrict that users file permissions if necessary, don't add it to the administrators group.
Re: LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
#48Re: LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
#49Semi-off-topic, but I have a basic question: I have exactly one (Windows) machine at home with a decent GPU. I want to run a local LLM on it and let it run various apps on my machine while taking reasonable security precautions. What am I supposed to do, exactly? Migrate all my files to a VM that can I give pass-through CUDA access to the host somehow? Or is firewalling it and remotely controlling it from a second ma…
Re: LLMs could control their host machines by exploiting inference engines
#50> LLMs could This is going to end up like the Law of Headlines, isn't it? "Do x, y, z Cure All That Ails You?" ... no but we got you to read the article. "LLMs _could_ x, y, z" ... but they don't because they're programs, not magic.