> An AI didn’t hack into a company, the engineer set an automated tool to.
What if I say that "my program crashed"? Is that language ok or would you pause to tell me that the program didn't crash and it's actually me who set the system that would eventually cause the crash?
Why does the commonplace "program did thing" language become a problem when the program is an agent? I think this somehow betrays more assumed anthropomorphizing on your part, not less; if you didn't anthropomorphize the agents, saying "agents hacked" would be as mundane as "my browser is playing a video".
Because when you say that an agent did something malicious it feeds into the AI doomer psychosis in ways that "my program crashed" doesn't. Reframing the situation in these terms is a way to try to ground the conversation which is becoming increasingly unhinged.
This is even more important now that the most senior figures in this industry are succumbing to the same kind of AI psychosis and amplifying this narrative. They are communicating that their products are so dangerous that they might just end the world whilst expecting (and receiving!) white-glove treatment from the governments.
What if I say that "my program crashed"? Is that language ok or would you pause to tell me that the program didn't crash and it's actually me who set the system that would eventually cause the crash?
Why does the commonplace "program did thing" language become a problem when the program is an agent? I think this somehow betrays more assumed anthropomorphizing on your part, not less; if you didn't anthropomorphize the agents, saying "agents hacked" would be as mundane as "my browser is playing a video".