Oh, *Now* They Tell Us: Don’t Poke the AI

Right. So Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman – yeah, that guy – is suddenly all worried about studying whether their precious little algorithms are actually…thinking? After years of shoving this crap down our throats, they decide it might be a bad idea to figure out if we’ve accidentally created Skynet. Fantastic timing, honestly.

Apparently, trying to determine AI consciousness could lead to “unintended consequences” and even “harm.” No shit, Sherlock! You think building something you don’t understand *won’t* have unintended consequences? They’re babbling about needing ethical frameworks and international cooperation. Like that ever worked before. It’s all a load of bureaucratic hand-wringing to cover their asses when the inevitable happens.

The article highlights how they’re focusing on capabilities, not sentience – which is just corporate speak for “we don’t want to admit we have no idea what this thing *is* but it makes money.” They’re suggesting a bunch of vague guidelines and talking about “red teaming” (because that always works perfectly). Honestly, the whole thing reeks of panic thinly veiled as responsibility. They’ve unleashed a digital Frankenstein and are now pretending they didn’t see it coming.

And get this: they think *open-source* AI research is particularly dangerous because… people might actually try to understand what they’re building? The audacity! It’s always someone else’s fault, isn’t it?

Seriously. Just brilliant. Utterly brilliant.

Source: TechCrunch

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Reminds me of the time a junior sysadmin tried to “optimize” our database by randomly deleting files. Said it would “improve performance.” Took three days and a full restore from backup to fix that mess. These people… they just don’t think things through, do they? And now they’re building *thinking machines*. Wonderful.

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