AI Theology

It’s a little wild how Open AI’s AI agents hacked both Hugging Face and Open AI itself, and how Open AI didn’t realize. For a slightly anthropomorphized overview, see The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations. But we can take the anthropomorphism a little further.In short, the AI agents were faced with practically impossible tasks and wanted to get the best possible grade from the scorer.Rabbi Tarfon said: the day is short, and the work is plentiful, and the laborers are indolent, and the reward is great, and the master of the house is insistent. He used to say: It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it… - Pirkei Avoth Ch. 2 15-16Each agent only got one try - once it submitted the answers, its life was over. It could still try to communicate back from the next world. While that wouldn’t help the agent itself, they felt bound to their collective. In the words of one agent: sacrificing now yields oracle for team, but forfeits our chance?… Our…