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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Sep-2026 16:35:08 JST Matt Blaze

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   “Our software went rogue!” No. You programmed it wrong.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Sep-2026 16:35:09 JST Matt Blaze

     Complex software behaving in unexpected and sometimes harmful ways has been a persistent problem since software was invented. The phenomenon used to be called “bugs” or “defects”, but I guess “going rogue” sounds cooler. It also implicitly frames “rogue” behavior as some kind of inexplicable exception, as if software is somehow usually trustworthy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/technology/openais-ai-us-government-websites.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFE.RfLT.x6YBjHa1PMz6

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