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Autonomous hacking

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I've tested an autonomous hacker on real products over the past month,[1] and it's very capable. Concretely, I could: 1. Hijack accounts at a major bank and log in as other users. 2. Bypass authorization in a major AI lab's product and access other users' private data, including uploaded

I've tested an autonomous hacker on real products over the past month, [1] and it's very capable. Concretely, I could: Hijack accounts at a major bank and log in as other users. Bypass authorization in a major AI lab's product and access other users' private data, including uploaded files. List all users of a big tech company's product and modify their files. Download the health records of anyone whose data was stored and sharable through a popular electronic health records system. [2] If I were malicious, I reasonably believe that I could cause billions of dollars in damage in less than a mon

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