CrowdStrike is Just a Reference Case
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-07-14
The author clarifies that the CrowdStrike incident mentioned in their chart **was not caused by AI**. The reason for including it is to serve as a point of reference: - It represents the scale of a **massive software disaster triggered by human error**; - This allows for a comparison with the currently observed **AI misalignment damages**; - The goal is not to attribute CrowdStrike to AI, but to help readers understand the magnitude of different types of incidents.
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