Precisely. "Aw jeez, we finally built the T-1000, but all it wants to do is kill John Connor – just like we warned! Why did I give it live ammunition and unsupervised time machine access?"
replyHe wouldn't be the first reckless CEO...
replyThey said: AI is becoming dangerously autonomous and capable. Proof of today's breach. Crowd "hey why didn't you say so, c'mon it's marketing". Them "we said so".
reply“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” (or carelessness in this case)
replyI would attribute it to profit motive instead of either stupidity or malice.
replyFWIW, I used to love this phrase but over recent years have come to understand it is quite damaging. We live in a society where evil frequently hides behind a ‘stupid’ label, and people bring this quote up to defend or soften actions that are indeed done out of specific malicious intent.
replyRight? "Never attribute to malice what [... etc]" is always just a thought-terminating cliche these days.
replyTBH I a hard time imagining how anyone, in the year 2026, thinks that we should default to assuming good intent behind words on the internet.
I'm fairly certain they're both malicious and stupid.
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