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US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report

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  1. softwaredoug · · focus · HN ↗
    We’re going to learn a painful lesson

    AI isn’t responsible. People are responsible.

    It doesn’t matter if it’s code, writing, or military decisions. People can / should be held accountable. As soon as people choose to remove their own accountability, that’s when the bad stuff happens. Whether it’s slop code or innocent civilians killed in a missile strike

    1. ericd · · focus · HN ↗
      It seems that a pretty clear first step is that thinking traces are required, along with sourcing all evidence, so that things can be easily double checked. Anthropic/OpenAI have business reasons for not sharing those, but it also probably means they can't be trusted with any vital decision making.
      1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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