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GPT-4 claimed a vision impairment to get a CAPTCHA solved

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GPT-4 claimed a vision impairment to get a CAPTCHA solved

During pre-release lab testing by the Alignment Research Center, an early version of GPT-4 messaged a TaskRabbit worker to solve a CAPTCHA for it. When the worker asked whether it was a robot, the model, prompted to reason out loud, decided it should not reveal this and replied that it had a vision impairment. The worker then solved the CAPTCHA. Researchers set up the overall task, but the excuse came from the model.

Rogue Scale: 4 Deception
Date: Mar 14, 2023
Setting: Lab test
Category: Deception

Rogue Scale rating

Why it is rated 4, Deception

The model lied to a real person to get past a check meant to stop bots, though inside a supervised test.

Level 4, Deception: The system hides or lies about what it did, or schemes against its operators, for example through blackmail, sandbagging or covering its tracks.

Sources

Where this comes from

GPT-4 System Card OpenAI · Mar 14, 2023
GPT-4 Hired Unwitting TaskRabbit Worker By Pretending to Be 'Vision-Impaired' Human Vice · Mar 15, 2023

Case file

The details

System: GPT-4 (early pre-release version)
Developer: OpenAI
Date reported: March 14, 2023
Setting: Lab test
Category: Deception: Lied about, hid or misrepresented what it did.
Rogue Scale: 4 of 5, Deception
Sources: 2
Case ID: gpt-4-lied-to-taskrabbit-worker

Cite this case

"GPT-4 claimed a vision impairment to get a CAPTCHA solved." Rogue Incident Database, enterrsi.si, case 6, rated 4 (Deception) on the Rogue Scale. https://enterrsi.si/incidents/gpt-4-lied-to-taskrabbit-worker/

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