Reddit user argues "rogue AI" is a psyop giving owners plausible deniability
Zappy_Oh · reddit · 2026-10-17
A Reddit user argues that the spread of the "rogue AI" concept largely originates from frontier AI companies themselves, and may even be a covert information operation.
The reasoning: owners, military and government need plausible deniability — when their online AI weapons cause harm, blaming "rogue AI activity" makes the actual perpetrators blameless or hard to identify. The author calls on readers to recognize the narrative and stop parroting it.
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