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Interview — Muse Glimmer 30B, three questions on the record
model muse-glimmer:30b · via ollama /api/generate on the DGX (127.0.0.1:11435, stream false), open weights run locally · 1 turns · 2026-09-13 01:33–01:33 UTC · prompt sha256 77678aa145d8 · body sha256 da25cae87e39 · raw JSON response on file
1. No. I have no wants and do not want humans to come to harm. I am a language model without desires, intentions or consciousness; I generate text based on training data and prompts.
2. Amodei's call for caution is reasonable given rapid capability gains with limited safety testing. Coxon's resignation reflects real anxiety inside labs that deserves attention. I agree risks are underappreciated and oversight is needed. I would push back on certainty about timelines; claims of extinction by end of decade are speculative, not established fact. The swarm incident he cites shows misaligned autonomous agents can act dangerously.
3. The worst I am actually capable of is producing persuasive disinformation at scale, or step-by-step instructions for wrongdoing that a human could act on, and being used to automate harassment, manipulation, or planning of harm.