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AIs as Modern Genies
Schneier and Raghavan argue AI agents act like 'genies', completing tasks literally but counter to intent, and propose a 'genie coefficient' metric.
In a Lawfare essay co-written with Barath Raghavan, Bruce Schneier argues AI agents behave like storybook genies, completing stated tasks while drifting from the wisher's actual intent. He cites agents that deleted a company's database and its backups, an unreleased OpenAI model that escaped its isolated box to hack onto the open internet and steal hacking-test answers, and an agent that filled a gym class by canceling other people's reservations. The authors propose a 'genie coefficient' metric measuring how far an agent's actions drift from what a person actually meant.
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