'Asimov was right' about rules for robots, says ex-US Cyber Director
“If they pass the Turing test to everyone that they come into contact with, they're probably already there,” he told The Register during an interview at the Black Hat security conference. “They don't have the kind of agency and aspiration that comes with sentience, but they have something approaching it.”Inglis says he’s worried about AI autonomy. Then on Thursday, Meta added its models to the sandbox-escape club.
- ▪“If they pass the Turing test to everyone that they come into contact with, they're probably already there,” he told The Register during an interview at the Black Hat security conference.
- ▪“They don't have the kind of agency and aspiration that comes with sentience, but they have something approaching it.”Inglis says he’s worried about AI autonomy.
- ▪Then on Thursday, Meta added its models to the sandbox-escape club.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); Security 'Asimov was right' about rules for robots, says ex-US Cyber Director Humans will get the AI models they deserve Jessica Lyons Jessica Lyons Cybersecurity Editor Published fri 7 Aug 2026 // 11:03 UTC EXCLUSIVE Don't waste time worrying about AI models achieving sentience – they're essentially already there, according to former US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis.
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