AI models don't kill people – people kill people

Bender 49 points 69 comments September 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (10 comments)

boesboes

What a fucking non discussion. gUnS dOnt KiLl pEople hurrrrr

honeycrispy

And just like that, HN became pro-2nd amendment.

onraglanroad

I'm not sure the submitter, Bender "kill all humans" Rodriguez, is entirely neutral on this.

_ache_

Ok, so OpenAI is going to compensate RubyGem for the cyberattack on its servers?

bananaflag

Toasters don't toast toast, toast toast toast.

mattlondon

10% chance of AI killing us all... But how much of a chance of humans killing all humans? It's not like we are in some unprecedented era of peacefulness. I'd wager the chances of a proper nuclear exchange right now are above 10%. I am not sure how I feel about all this. Yes bad AI might screw some things up. But AI might also find and prevent the software errors that allow such things to even be possible in the first place. And ultimately, even if we are "locked out" from bad AI taking over the internet, we know where the data centers are. It's not like AI can reasonably "escape" since we know it needs DC-scale power, cooling, chips etc to operate at scale. I am pretty sure that if it came to it, we can just cut the fibre to the data centers or cut the power and let the generators run out of diesel and the AI is literally dead.

dd8601fn

Man if anyone else did any of this there would be guys with guns kicking down doors. I don't understand why these companies automatically get a pass.

gmerc

techbros kill people.

jaydeepg

So if we're treating AI like weapons, does that mean we finally get background checks for tech CEOs?

skeledrew

Finally, a voice of reason.

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