Post #4264457

2026-07-31 03:34 UTC

If you doubted that the “oh noes our agent escaped containment” schtick from OpenAI was anything other than marketing, note Anthropic’s “look look! we’ve got one too! oh no! look at us!!” story.

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@inthehands@hachyderm.io 2026-07-31 04:45

Both these replies point at a common thread: these news stories represent a grotesque failure of either the vendors or their products. If the agents did in fact “go rogue” and cause damage, even in the hands of the people who should be their most competent operators, then the product is unpredictable, unreliable, and unfit for purpose. If the product is •not• in fact unfit for purpose, then that means there's some combination of negligence and malice behind these incidents, and they are at •best• knowing harm in service of a marketing stunt or (as Parsons argue) something even worse. https://peoplemaking.games/@aubilenon/117012729959327465 https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/117012715615344732

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-07-31 04:32

@inthehands@hachyderm.io Building a scaffold to hang a framework of plausible deniability on it. "Rogue AI" is the same kind of gaslighting media strategy that Wall Street used with "Rogue Financial Instruments" in 2008. Laying the groundwork for an accountability sink. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewerskine/2026/02/19/whos-accountable-when-ai-makes-decisions-and-the-law-says-no-one-has-to-answer/ https://reactormag.com/seeds-of-story-dan-davies-the-unaccountability-machine/ It's a strategy that thwarts investor lawsuits, FBI investigations & criminal charges for frauds & scams, & an ability to evade contract terms.

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@n_dimension@infosec.exchange 2026-07-31 06:56

@inthehands@hachyderm.io If P_DOOM(100%) ever happens, folks like you will be fun follows. "SEE? KILLER BOT LASER! ALL FAKE! MARKETING! 💥"

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