Debate: Is AI a neutral tool, or is all model behavior traceable to training data?

A debate over LLMs pits two views against each other: one argues that "machines doing everything alone" is an illusion masking a vast network of human experts in training data, while the other holds that AI tools are neutral like hammers and that all model behavior is ultimately traceable back to training data.

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