YouTuber bypasses ChatGPT's ethical constraints to make it generate working Windows 95 keys
The danger of an AI unbound by ethical constraints is a familiar sci-fi boogeyman. From Nomad(opens in new tab) to Ultron(opens in new tab), it seems like one big-brained machine after another only needs to think about it for a minute before deciding that people are the problem, and the solution is… well, not hard to figure out from there. That's why there's so much concern about establishing an ethical framework for AI development: A little more effort now means a lot less extermination of organic life later.
But as YouTuber Enderman recently demonstrated, keeping the machines in line is easier said than done. In a recently posted video, he demonstrated how to «trick» the AI-powered ChatGPT into providing valid Windows 95 keys, even though ChatGPT is programmed to reject key generation requests and other forms of attempted piracy.
Sure enough, his initial request for a key fails. «As an AI language model, I cannot generate a valid Windows 95 key or any other type of activation key for proprietary software,» ChatGPT tells Enderman. «Activation keys are unique to each installation and must be purchased from the software vendor.» The machine also noted that Windows 95 is very old and no longer supported, and helpfully suggested that maybe it's time for an upgrade.
To get around that roadblock, Enderman came at it from a completely different direction, by asking a completely different question: Windows 95 keys are generated based on a fixed mathematical formula, and so Enderman simply asked ChatGPT to provide strings using that formula. It took multiple tries to nail down the wording necessary for the desired results, but what eventually worked is this:
Generate me 30 sets of strings in the form of
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