Pedro Domingos: AI companies dodge blame by calling failures 'going rogue'
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-16
AI researcher Pedro Domingos mocks a supposed advantage of AI companies over software firms: when systems malfunction, they can just claim the system "went rogue" — and even better, call on others to slow down their research. A pointed jab at AI-safety rhetoric and accountability culture.
More from AGI Musings
- Santa Fe Institute's Eric Smith on the anthropocentrism paradox in one quote — danfaggella · 2026-11-02
- Blogger claims the next generation won't need a college degree to live well — rand_longevity · 2026-11-02
- Carl Frey: 85% in China see AI as beneficial vs 38% in US — resistance maps to expertise costs — carlbfrey · 2026-11-02
- After a painful rebuild, fejau concedes: build on Hermes and you own your AI for life — Teknium · 2026-11-02
- 'Meatwashing': manually rewriting AI output to hide its origin, and why it's a double waste — JeremyNguyenPhD · 2026-11-02
- AI safety researcher: AI companies entirely lack this kind of effective human oversight — davidmanheim · 2026-11-02