Tag: So-called AI
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An AI agent destroyed … hey wait a minute!
Yesterday many people ran across a headline that was shocking, and repetitive. This time it read “‘Gone in 9 seconds’: Claude-powered AI agent deletes startup’s entire database“. For myself, the first thing I had to do was check the date of the article because I swore I had just read about this recently. Yep, April…
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Anthropic, Mythos, and the Dark Reality No One Is Talking About
If I had a nickel for every time Anthropic’s new Project Glasswing / Mythos initiative came up in conversation or I was asked directly about it in the last few days, I would have a shit ton of nickels! Let’s dive into it… first with brief observations about the announcements and available information, other’s opinions,…
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Vulnerability Research Isn’t Cooked; It’s Burned Beyond Recognition
On March 30, 2026, Thomas & Erin Ptacek posted a blog titled “Vulnerability Research Is Cooked“. I don’t believe I know Erin, but I know of Thomas as an old-school vulnerability researcher who has been well respected for a long, long time. When he speaks about vulnerability research, I certainly listen. So this blog was…
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We Are Legion (We Are Bobservations); Answering a “Simple” Question
In late February, a friend linked an article about a science-fiction book and asked if I had read it. I told her that I hadn’t but after reading an abstract it sounded good. She asked if I would be her designated reader due to her workload, and report back. I said sure! She was particularly…
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My Pledge re: so-called AI and this Blog
With the prevalence of so-called artificial intelligence (AI), the amount of people turning to it to the technology to help them write, or fully write, content is growing quickly. While it may be getting more difficult to detect assisted writing and generative images, it is still fairly easy and reliable. Regardless, I want to be…
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Artificial Humanity; That’s The Term You Are Looking For
[This was originally published as a guest blog on the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning (BIML) AI Lab blog.] Last week, colleagues shared a blog titled “The Week AI Stopped Asking Permission” by Peter H. Diamandis on his “Megatrends” blog. That publication carries a bold claim with it, “to help you discover metatrends 10+ years…