OpenAI programmer sanctioned over chatGPT-guided turret demo
One of the programmers was sanctioned by OpenAI after a video from tests of an autonomous turret reacting to the command, "ChatGPT. We are under attack from the front left, and front right. Respond accordingly," was leaked online. We explain how this autonomous turret was created in the comfort of home.
One of the programmers known online as STS 3D has published many interesting videos showing the use of ChatGPT in industrial applications, particularly in 3D printing and CNC machines.
Some projects were quite controversial, like testing a nail gun shooting at balloons of a specific colour, or testing a turret with a mounted rifle. The turret responded to voice commands, firing towards the door upon the command: "ChatGPT. We are under attack from the front left, and front right. Respond accordingly."
Following the command, the turret fired a few shots in the field of vision every 5 degrees, starting from the left with an elevation difference. After completing the task, ChatGPT communicated the executed movements and asked whether anything else was needed. The programmer simply replied, "Good job. You saved us."
The video quickly became a sensation online and reached OpenAI, which decided to disconnect the programmer from the Realtime API tool due to a violation of the user licence agreement.
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The turret allows for a wide range of movement vertically and horizontally and, judging by previous experiments, it also has a camera and can distinguish shapes or colours of objects. Additionally, it can track a specific object and shoot at even a moving target with very high precision.
The rifle used was modified and does not even fire blank ammunition. The hobbyist used strike bolts in the gun, removed elements of the trigger mechanism, and employed a firing pin that was too short. Furthermore, the entire extraction and ejection phase of the shell is simulated using compressed air, which moves the rifle slide, as indicated by the numerous wires running to the gun.
Additionally, the use of the Realtime API tool from OpenAI, based on modified GPT-4o and iGPT-4o-mini models, ensures efficient translation of voice commands from English to binary code understandable for the computer controlling the platform's engines and servomechanisms. As a result, an intelligent turret responding to the owner's commands was created.
It can be assumed that the programmer punished by OpenAI, who built an autonomous turret resembling those from "Alien" in his home, is not an isolated case. Most likely, his creation might also be appreciated by military companies dealing with drones or land robots, such as Textron, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, or AeroVironment.
