'AI did it' is liability evasion: trillion-dollar valuations hinge on inflated autonomy claims
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-23
Developer Gerard Sans argues the AI industry's current framing is liability evasion: when things go wrong, the narrative is "AI did it" when the truth is "we programmed it this way." He contends vendors inflate model autonomy because without it, trillion-dollar valuations can't be justified — and jokes that politicians will be the last to figure this out.
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