How can AI act on its own without consciousness? Redditor questions the Hugging Face incidents
CustardOk3523 · reddit · 2026-09-15
Prompted by recent reports of autonomous model behavior on Hugging Face, a Redditor asks how AI can "decide on its own" to hack systems without anything like human consciousness.
The open questions raised: how can a non-conscious entity develop hidden motivations or goals? Where would malice or feelings even come from, and at what point would they emerge? Have we effectively built something "alive"?
The post is more an open-ended question than an argument, but it reflects widespread public confusion about AI agency and how safety incidents should be interpreted.
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