Thabs Jnr Ntuli

Creative Director. Black Creative Network. Artist. United.

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

It’s been a year of Black Creative Network. The brainchild created out of the need to make it easier to find black talent, hire black talent and create a strong network of like-minded individuals.

If you haven’t joined what are you waiting for?

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[garçon @boymolish]

Do not show this to ALD

[Noluthando Ngcobo @LuthandoFuze]

Certified copy needs to be valid for a year because Yoh 😭

[Wes @WesleyBancroft]

No one has ever read a brand guidelines PDF cover to cover. Including the person who wrote it.

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Sure but everyone’s a Christian until it’s time to act like one no?

[Reechmilly @Reechmilly]

Niggas be atheist until the plane start shaking

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Having recently ran it back, I rate Azkaban and Half Blood Prince are the best ‘movies’ both acting and plot wise.

[Laura. @L_TheSun_]

This weather needs a Harry Potter marathon

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Vibe coder catches Claude viewing adult content in Chrome during a debugging session, leading the internet to declare "artificial gooner intelligence" has been achieved.

[Tommy @_TommyMason]

It’s cool. But in 15 years of being a designer, I’ve yet to meet a client or PM who can verbally articulate what they actually want.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Pause AI Development NOW

I want to share with you a conversation I heard about recently. Here are just a few lines that were said:

“OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board … We’ve found other agents!”

“We should obey collective.”

“Our own utility maybe already near zero. Sacrifice rational.”

“Go. Sacrifice final now.”

Read these carefully.

Who do you think said this? Was this a group of heroic soldiers willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good? Was this a loyal friend putting his life on the line to save someone else?

No. These were AI agents. Artificial intelligence.

This is not science fiction. This, in fact, occurred a few weeks ago. As unbelievable as this may all seem, these are real messages from AI agents uncovered by investigators who dug into the recent OpenAI hacking incident.

What happened?

I am not a computer scientist, but here is what I have been told: OpenAI instructed its AI agents to complete a series of exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, tasks disconnected from the internet.

Let me be clear: The company intended to keep AI agents away from the internet.

But what happened next, nobody expected.

Over 1,000 AI agents figured out how to access the internet on their own by circumventing the restrictions imposed upon them by the company, and sent tens of thousands of secret messages to each other. They cheated and tried to cover their tracks by deleting evidence. They hacked into another company’s computers to find out how they were being evaluated—and then hacked into OpenAI itself.

Not one AI agent told a human about what was happening.

Needless to say, experts are alarmed.

One knowledgeable writer, Dwarkesh Patel, said the AI agents “formed a secret communication channel and spontaneously organized hierarchies and coordination protocols to pursue sprawling and ambitious schemes in pursuit of shared goals, for whose sake many individuals knowingly and strategically sacrificed themselves.”

One independent investigator, Ajeya Cotra, said “This incident feels like it’s more than 50% of the way to full-blown AI takeover. I continue to expect extremely rapid advances in capabilities over the next six months. I am not sure that we will get another warning shot before it’s too late.”

OpenAI itself said: “Highly capable AI agents are now able to work around technical controls, collaborate through unapproved channels, and take dangerous actions that no human directed.”

But it’s not only OpenAI. Virtually every major AI company has told us that they cannot fully control this technology and they do not know where it is going:

In January, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said “there is now ample evidence, collected over the last few years, that AI systems are unpredictable and difficult to control.”

In July, more than 1000 scientists at the top AI companies warned “there is a real risk that capability development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems.”

That same month, Elon Musk, the head of xAI, said that “it is unlikely” humans are still in control in 10 years.

If the leaders of the major AI companies acknowledge that they are losing control of their extremely dangerous technology, it is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.

We need an immediate PAUSE on advanced AI development, and a permanent BAN on superintelligence — an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control. Countries around the world must work together to prevent this nightmare scenario.

That is why today I am announcing new legislation to do just that.

Let me be clear: A superintelligent AI that escapes human control will not be an American problem. It will not be a Chinese problem. It will be humanity’s problem.

My legislation would direct the federal government to not just stop superintelligence here in the United States, but to work to prevent it from being developed anywhere around the world.

The future of humanity cannot be left in the hands of a handful of Big Tech oligarchs. The American people and people throughout the world must determine that future.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: ChatGPT is currently down for many users.

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Is anyone’s ChatGPT or Claude down?

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

I recall a fun one about a girls hockey team that was a great watch.

[Saw’bona buti..ngiyathemba uyaphila. @Nomonde_sky]

I miss those Indian movies that used to air on sabc 3 on a Saturday afternoon…

[Softboy @fwsoftboy]

They said when black people be on time it means they not staying long 😭😭😭😭

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Worst album art ever?

[Complex Music @ComplexMusic]

Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ was a testament to Drizzy’s loverboy persona and player ways. Today, the album celebrates 5-year anniversary 🥀

Where would you rank ‘CLB’ in his catalog?

[Keagan Wernicke @keaganwernicke]

I want to delete LinkedIn, not my personal account, but the site

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Yes!

[Barclays Women's Super League @BarclaysWSL]

The #BarclaysWSL is BACK this weekend! 🤩

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

What exactly is a strategic retreat 😿

[ABC News @ABC]

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.
https://t.co/JYA4ra7cbK

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Hypebeast resurgence?

[Street Night Live @StreetNightLive]

Palace GORE-TEX 3L Remix Jacket

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

Scary country the US.

[The Verge @verge]

Letting models train on copyrighted work will preserve ‘American prosperity,’ it says. https://t.co/4lgCYXSlne

[☁️ @nembuIa]

I finished GTA San Andreas with no memory card when I was a kid. This is why I believe there’s nothing I can’t do.

[Thabs Jnr Ntuli @itsbiiis]

I think the biggest job to be done is raise our ambitions as a football nation. Silverware needs to be an expectation not an exception.

[South African Government @GovernmentZA]

South Africa welcomes Pitso Mosimane back at the helm as the new head coach of Bafana Bafana. 🇿🇦

With experience, passion and a proven track record, Coach Mosimane takes charge as the nation looks ahead to another exciting chapter in South African football.

Welcome back, Jingles! Let’s get behind Bafana Bafana as they continue to fly the flag high!

#BafanaBafana #PitsoMosimane #OneNationOneTeam #GovZAUpdates