I rarely link to videos that convey information that could have been a few paragraphs of written text, but this one is good enough that I\u2019m linking to it. Lots of good thoughts in here that add to what I wrote upthread, expressed in a very accessible way.<\/p>
One worth nothing: the remarks at 4:30 about how the \u201calignment\u201d framing obscures things we\u2019d normally call \u201cunreliable\u201d or \u201cbroken.\u201d<\/p>
https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/117032480870736138<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117032553322721366","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117032553322721366","objectType":"note","content":" I rarely link to videos that convey information that could have been a few paragraphs of written text, but this one is good enough that I\u2019m linking to it. Lots of good thoughts in here that add to what I wrote upthread, expressed in a very accessible way.<\/p> One worth nothing: the remarks at 4:30 about how the \u201calignment\u201d framing obscures things we\u2019d normally call \u201cunreliable\u201d or \u201cbroken.\u201d<\/p> https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/117032480870736138<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117032553322721366","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012787347783104","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117012787347783104"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=730a79fc6efa4def","notice_info":{"local_id":"12986244","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-08-03T16:37:34+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117032553322721366"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/Di4na","displayName":"Thomas Depierre","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83631-original-tmp20230101152517.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83631-96-20230101152517.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83631-48-20230101152518.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83631-24-20230101152518.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"83631"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/83631-96-20230101152517.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"SRE. Elixir Dev. Learner in Resiliency. French. All Opinions are my own. And i have a lot.Co-Founder and President Haruspex.devdom. He\/him.Blog: Softwaremaxims.com","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@Di4na","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Di4na","displayName":"Thomas Depierre","note":"SRE. Elixir Dev. Learner in Resiliency. French. All Opinions are my own. And i have a lot.Co-Founder and President Haruspex.devdom. He\/him.Blog: Softwaremaxims.com"}},"content":" @inthehands<\/a> here is my analysis.<\/p> It is both. These posts are just... Delusional<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/Di4na\/statuses\/117013679795069910","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/Di4na\/statuses\/117013679795069910","objectType":"note","content":" @inthehands<\/a> here is my analysis.<\/p> It is both. These posts are just... Delusional<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@Di4na\/117013679795069910","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012767003782329","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117012767003782329"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=730a79fc6efa4def","notice_info":{"local_id":"12973053","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-31T08:37:41+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@Di4na\/117013679795069910"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":" If these incidents were truly as represented, they'd be colossal embarrassments. The AI vendors would be trying to bury them, not trumpeting them.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012787347783104","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012787347783104","objectType":"note","content":" If these incidents were truly as represented, they'd be colossal embarrassments. The AI vendors would be trying to bury them, not trumpeting them.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117012787347783104","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012767003782329","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117012767003782329"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-31:objectType=thread:nonce=730a79fc6efa4def","notice_info":{"local_id":"12972453","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-31T04:50:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/117012787347783104"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":" Both these replies point at a common thread: these news stories represent a grotesque failure of either the vendors or their products.<\/p> If the agents did in fact \u201cgo rogue\u201d and cause damage, even in the hands of the people who should be their most competent operators, then the product is unpredictable, unreliable, and unfit for purpose.<\/p> If the product is \u2022not\u2022 in fact unfit for purpose, then that means there's some combination of negligence and malice behind these incidents, and they are at \u2022best\u2022\u00a0knowing harm in service of a marketing stunt or (as Parsons argue) something even worse.<\/p> https:\/\/peoplemaking.games\/@aubilenon\/117012729959327465<\/a><\/p> https:\/\/mstdn.social\/@Npars01\/117012715615344732<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-11:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012767003782329","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/117012767003782329","objectType":"note","content":" Both these replies point at a common thread: these news stories represent a grotesque failure of either the vendors or their products.<\/p> If the agents did in fact \u201cgo rogue\u201d and cause damage, even in the hands of the people who should be their most competent operators, then the product is unpredictable, unreliable, and unfit for purpose.<\/p> If the product is \u2022not\u2022 in fact unfit for purpose, then that means there's some combination of negligence and malice behind these incidents, and they are at \u2022best\u2022\u00a0knowing harm in service of a marketing stunt or (as Parsons argue) something even worse.<\/p> https:\/\/peoplemaking.games\/@aubilenon\/117012729959327465<\/a><\/p>