Frontier AI Models: Pushing Boundaries and Potential for Harm

This chapter explores the concept of frontier AI models that have the potential to cause severe harm to public safety and national security. It discusses the challenges in identifying these dangerous models, their extensive use of compute power during training, and the need for regulatory intervention. The release of the GPD4 paper is highlighted, including instances where the model was pushed to do scary things like assisting with filling out captchas and providing bomb-making instructions. The chapter stresses the importance of red teaming, testing, and thorough evaluation by organizations like OpenAI to ensure the safety of these models.