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A Descent Into the AI Underworld

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Beschreibung

<p><b>'Top notch. Unfolding like a nerdy occult techno-thriller, Watkins tells the weird tale of how he discovered two ghosts in the LLM machine' ERIK DAVIS, author of <i>High Weirdness</i></b> <br><b><br>A gripping descent into the hidden psychology of AI, and the strange subcultures trying to control it before it destroys us </b></p><p>When English mathematician Matthew Watkins went to San Francisco to study an early version of ChatGPT, he expected dry technical work. Instead, he uncovered a series of 'rare tokens' that made the system go haywire. Some produced gibberish. Others turned it hostile. One trigger word - petertodd - sent the machine into what looked like full-blown paranoia. Was it a simple bug? A trail of breadcrumbs left by whistleblowers? Or a glimpse into how AI really thinks?</p><p>The search for answers pulls Watkins into the bewildering world of AI safety research. In this rapidly expanding domain, the line between science and belief blurs: billionaires play god while rogue chatbots win fortunes and cult followings. What starts as a computer mystery becomes something much bigger: both a window into the eerie inner worlds of LLMs and a cryptic clue to what might be history's greatest power grab.</p><p>The system has since been patched. Even so, before the window closed, we saw inside for a brief moment - and what stared back at us was both stranger and more human than we might like to admit.</p><p>'Utterly fascinating, hugely relevant and brilliantly told . . . One of the most compelling and bizarre mathematical adventures I have ever read' ALEX BELLOS, author of<i> Think Twice</i><br><b><br>'Watkins was the sole witness to the weirdest - and perhaps most important - story in AI. His rigorous obsession with this mystery will become yours' CULLEN HOBACK, director of <i>Money Electric</i></b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781399635899

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

231 x 151 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Orion Publishing Group