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1. fallingfrog · 1790644582 · focus · HN ↗

   Lots of people seem to have the bizarre opinion that companies like openai declare their own products to be unsafe as some kind of marketing stunt.

   Ok- so when is the last time you saw an auto company decide not to release its new car on the grounds that some tragic engineering error was made and the cars were not safe to drive? If the company did that do you imagine it would be good for business?

   I'm trying to understand the logic here.

   1. viraptor · 1790646225 · focus · HN ↗

      Different type of business. Many car companies release new cars showing you how much more powerful and implied dangerous they are. Both in capabilities and design style. In the US (other places too , but especially) they also get much bigger with less visibility which gets double dangerous. But the sentiment they're going for is pretty close - "you want this powerful thing, don't you?"

      1. adfgaiu · 1790646301 · focus · HN ↗

         >In the US they also get much bigger with less visibility.

         Those are usually presented as an improvement in safety. And they are—for the people inside. Not so much for everyone else.

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