AI swarms are software following instructions, not minds
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-01
Gerard Sans argues that AI swarms are simply software following instructions, lacking self, goals, or intentions. He states that role-play prompts are window dressing and inference is local, urging people to stop projecting human traits onto shuffled compressed data.
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