AI debate: is the tool neutral, or does blame lie with the person wielding it?
gerardsans · x · 2026-10-20
Reacting to @provisionalidea's reflections on language models, gerardsans argues technology should be separated from human motives: like a hammer, a tool is neutral, and responsibility points to the person wielding it rather than the tool or its outputs.
The exchange stems from the observation that the more one uses LLMs, the more humbling the depth of human expertise becomes—models only work because they are trained on vast literatures. The two disagree on attribution: the person using the tool, or the networks of human experts the model absorbs.
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