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Try feeding them nonhalting problems that send them into infinite loops of token consumption.
I like the idea but most chatbots have timeout limits. And even agentic workflows have number of step limits to stop infinite loops.
However this is because it's super easy for LLMs to get stuck in loops. You don't even need a nonhalting problem. They're stupid enough on their own.
Yeah I assumed they had some sort of breaker, but hitting that limit is still expensive for them, if you can get them to do it over & over with a script that does the prompting.
Got an example of one?
ChatGPT used to freak out and get stuck in an infinite loop if you asked it to show you a seahorse emoji. I'm sure they fixed it by now though
< https://theconversation.com/limits-to-computing-a-computer-scientist-explains-why-even-in-the-age-of-ai-some-problems-are-just-too-difficult-191930>
Much has been written about them in computer science volumes. But I’m an LLM luddite, have never tried it, and have no idea if it can even work. At the very least, I assume they have some sort of limiter to keep them running completely out of control. They may also have guardrails that can recognize some problems of this type, and refuse to go down the rabbit hole.
My idea of getting them to consume tokens in an (iterative or recursive) loop is entirely hypothetical, to me at least.
Maybe some LLM developer or prompt engineer can shed some light.
Look all I'm asking for is an example I can plug into Chipotle right now. Fuck AI
"Sudo world peace"? 🤷🏻
The only winning move is not to play
Wouldn't they just time out?