this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2026
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
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Blame the knife
if the knife is a possessed weapon whispering to the holder, trying to convince them to use it for murder, blaming it may be appropriate
Imagine a knife that occasionally and automatically stabs people trying to cook with it or those near them. Not user error or clumsiness, this is just an unavoidable result of how it's designed.
Yes, I'd blame the knife, or more realistically the company that makes it and considers it safe enough to sell.
The user is not the only entity supplying input. The operators of the system provide the overwhelming majority of the input.
The operators of the system certainly possess intent, and are completely capable of manipulation.
If someone manufactured a knife that told schizophrenics they’re being followed and people are trying to kill them, then yeah. That knife shouldn’t be able to do that and the manufacturer should be held liable.
If you held the nuclear football, would it speak to you too?
If someone programmed the nuclear football to be able to talk, we'd all recognize that as fucked up.
A nuclear football / knife are not stochastic parrots which capable of stringing coherent sentences together.
I agree llms are in the category of tools, but on the other hand they are no like any other tool and requires adjusting to which needs to happen too fast for most people