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The people cultivating it aren't actually designing it and don't know how it works, and can't control it.
— Oct 02, 2026 08:37PM
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Melanie
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Definitely not a book that could be fairly labeled non-fiction
— Oct 03, 2026 05:10PM
Melanie
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"We're not sure we know what we're talking about, but we're pretty sure it's scary!"
— Oct 03, 2026 03:12PM
Melanie
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Authors are conflating "objectives" with "want." I haven't seen the word "motivation" once, and how can an AI even be motivated? It doesn't benefit from rewards.
— Oct 03, 2026 02:08PM
Melanie
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Not sure I even accept the premise of this. There's a difference between computation and actually thinking, and these machines aren't thinking or evaluating.
— Oct 02, 2026 07:48PM