'AI lets you get to a bad idea faster': the speed-vs-reliability lesson
paul_scharre · x · 2026-09-19
Following up on his post about the US military's close call with an AI-generated false intelligence report, Paul Scharre highlighted a quote that captures the core problem of prioritizing speed over reliability: "AI allows you to get to a bad idea faster."
The point: AI accelerates the entire workflow, including arriving at wrong conclusions—in national security, a faster wrong answer is worse than a slower right one.
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