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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
dlzv@mathstodon.xyz ("Dimitri Lozeve :k33:") wrote:
> Describing them as “superintelligence” or “rogue models” ascribes agency to products rather than to the companies building them. This framing markets these companies’ products as “superhuman” and, at the same time, helps the companies evade accountability for their actions.
> Instead of OpenAI being prosecuted for creating malware that hacked another company, press releases, news outlets, media personalities, and lawmakers refer to “rogue models” as if they acted on their own. Instead of researchers being questioned about their companies’ habit of plagiarizing academics’ work or using customer data to train models without consent, the public’s imagination is redirected to fears about what the future might hold upon the arrival of fictional superintelligent machines.Great summary of the situation by @timnitGebru and @emilymbender!
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1144867/dont-be-fooled-summer-ai-hype/