Models can have the Spooky Baby Rhino effect.

· Bits and Bobs 7/27/26
  • Models can have the Spooky Baby Rhino effect.
    • A reference to one of my favorite funny videos ever.
      • Watch it, it's short!
    • You intuitively think the model is safe to use for a use case because its capability is below the dangerous threshold.
    • Later you realize that it was actually over the threshold, and the only reason you're safe is because you got lucky.
    • Spooky!
    • Someone told me this week that they realized that they had accidentally left some PII in some git commits in their personal project.
    • They pointed it out to Fable, and it said something to the effect of "Oh don't worry, I noticed that and rewrote history to remove it and force-pushed already."
    • That was helpful in that instance but… what if it hadn't been?
    • You'd have never noticed.
    • Spooky!