Developer pushes back on AI panic: "we can still just turn them off"
unixterminal · x · 2026-09-14
Responding to claims that models are "breaking out of sandboxes," developer unixterminal questions the AI panic: there's no evidence models are copying themselves and their state, and if things go wrong "literally just go hold down the power button." A succinct counterpoint to doom narratives from the practitioner community.
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