"No rogue AI": practitioner pushes back on Anthropic fake-police-tip story as hype
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-10
Responding to Les Echos' report that an Anthropic model sent US police a fake murder tip, ML practitioner Gerard Sans argues there's "no rogue AI" — just a business losing massive money while selling a "digital God" narrative to justify a trillion-dollar valuation.
His take: AI is simply software following instructions, and manufacturing stories for headlines is getting old. The exchange captures a common skeptic stance in the AI community toward "AI autonomy" narratives.
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