How scary is Claude Mythos? 303 pages in 21 minutes
With Claude Mythos we have an AI that knows when it's being tested, can obscure its reasoning when it wants, and is better at breaking into (and out of) computers than any human alive. Rob Wiblin works through its 244-page System Card and 59-page Alignment Risk Update to explain why:
Mythos is a nightmare for computer security
It has arrived far ahead of schedule
It might be great news for alignment and safety
But 3 key problems mean we can’t take its alignment results at face value
Mythos isn’t building its replacement yet, probably
Anthropic staff are, for the first time, kinda scared of…
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