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1. teagee · 1789610641 · focus · HN ↗

   Is there any precedent from other industries where a company tries to frame their own product’s shortcomings appear to be society’s problem?

   Would nytimes cover a self driving car company disclose concerning ‘behavior’ of their cars the same way?

   For anyone who has had to remind a coding agent to not leave comments over and over again, not following instructions seems more feature than bug

   1. jacquesm · 1789610922 · focus · HN ↗

      Banking. The energy sector. Mining. Chemical industries.

      1. paimapi · 1789611153 · focus · HN ↗

         Big Agriculture (eg subsidies, dereg). Car manufacturers. Healthcare insurance (or insurance of any stripe when it comes to natural disasters and over-insuring and then needing bail outs).

         It's almost like avoiding accountability for the sake of the share value is a systemic problem encouraged by the way we have currently arranged ourselves

         1. teagee · 1789611421 · focus · HN ↗

            The equivalent in health insurance would be a blogpost listing out egregious denied claims. Sure they avoid accountability but these releases by OpenAI aren’t that

            1. paimapi · 1789612193 · focus · HN ↗

               no, the equivalent would be marketing material claiming that their specialists help uncover denials that were being blocked but helpfully and so proactively these good insurance companies are hiring more middle managers to oversee that such a bad thing never happens again

               the point of these 'disclosures' is AGI branding - wow we have such a dangerous new product, it (consciously, autonomously) escaped confinement!

               their whole business is selling capability. and what better advertising than to say that your model is just a little too capable sometimes

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