"Going rogue" is a linguistic trick: critic says AI failures need better words
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-29
In a retweet, the author argues that "going rogue" implies volition and malice, as if an agent chose to act — a linguistic trick that scares people into believing AI has intent. He proposes more accurate vocabulary like failure, malfunction, and accident, since framing shapes policy.
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