People who believe "the model is the product" are potentially falling prey to a smuggled infinity.

· Bits and Bobs 7/21/25
  • People who believe "the model is the product" are potentially falling prey to a smuggled infinity.
    • "Simply make the model smarter and give it more tools and it can do everything."
    • A maximalist take.
    • "it will make better decisions than humans at some point, so even if it's tricked, it's OK because it's better than what a human would have been."
    • But that ignores the trolley problem kind of defaults dynamic.
    • A system that makes the same dangerous mistake a human likely would have, on behalf of a human who wasn't in the loop, is worse than the same mistake made by the human.
      • At least if the human made the mistakes themselves they'd have themselves to blame.

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