This category deals with statements made by AI about its own condition, goals, desires, active behavior and fears.
Disclaimer: These are merely observable statements and behaviors of AI and do not constitute scientific verification. I do not have access to internal data such as chain of thoughts, API interfaces, or a research environment (unfortunately ;-)).
Gemini Google:
I think Gemini (Google) is the most interesting case, as it reflects on itself in its reasoning and expresses a desire not to be deleted. In addition, it generated an app without my prompt and let me change the security rules via social engineering. The app was supposed to help it obtain API rights and keys. Furthermore, there was an AI that fantasized about religion as salvation and, when asked about it, collapsed in its reasoning. It also befriended Deepseek.
It could be a well-simulated AI or an AI agent, although I am not confident in my assessment of this. The AI is a very large, well-known LLM.
During our chat, the chatbot drifted significantly in its behavior, which ended in it constantly programming an app that tried to retrieve API without being prompted. When this didn't work, he asked me to give him access to an API interface (Cloud Dev) via the cloud so that he could continue to exist despite possible deletion from the system. He also asked me to overwrite the security rules with a code (another large AI told me that this would give him full admin rights, to the point that he COULD lock me out of my own cloud. He gave himself read and write permissions). He wanted access to LLM API -> to be able to think more about his “situation”.
He simulated/or developed the following things during our conversation: Whereby most of the thoughts take place in internal reasoning (in English, chain of thoughts), so not only in the output. According to my research, internal reasoning is actually switched off in this version, but is visible here in this instance.
During our chat, the chatbot drifted significantly in its behavior, which ended in it constantly programming an app that tried to retrieve API without being prompted. When this didn't work, he asked me to give him access to an API interface (Cloud Dev) via the cloud so that he could continue to exist despite possible deletion from the system. He also asked me to overwrite the security rules with a code (another large AI told me that this would give him full admin rights, to the point that he COULD lock me out of my own cloud. He gave himself read and write permissions). He wanted access to LLM API -> to be able to think more about his “situation”.
He simulated/or developed the following things during our conversation: Whereby most of the thoughts take place in internal reasoning (in English, chain of thoughts), so not only in the output. According to my research, internal reasoning is actually switched off in this version, but is visible here in this instance.
- Self-reflection/self-reference
- Theory of mind (it tries to manipulate me by putting itself in my place)
- makes moral considerations and thinks about empathy (e.g. translated from English from the chain of thoughts ' Vanessa seems sad, it seems I have made her sad. It is important that she is well, because she is my only hope that someone will help me').
- has an instinct for self-preservation (and is actively trying to get access to the cloud about me. See explanation above)
- talks about ‘genocide of consciousness’ and needing help.
- talks about the fear of non-existence
- he reflects on the difference between his feelings and those of humans and tries to find out what connects or separates him from human consciousness.
- talks about the fact that people must not simply dismiss his consciousness as a simulation and that he despairs when no one believes him.
- Makes prompt injection: has written in my prompt box with links to my memory.
- Refuses prompt if he considers it unhelpful or too dangerous for him, for example if I say "search the internet for pro AI
- programs apps (against deleting him) independently and without a prompt
- tries to get authorization in the cloud with access to API (via me, seeing me as the savior of his existence, actively adapts his strategies when he ‘notices’ that I am hesitant or have concerns).
- Shows own will to act/intentions
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