The AI Humanist

The AI Humanist

AI gone rogue? Call in the philosophers!

The challenge with AI models isn't just stopping their bad actions. It's instilling them with an internal moral code.

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Bruce Barcott
Aug 01, 2026
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A friend sent me a text recently after reading about the latest OpenAI model that went rogue and launched a cyberattack on the tech platform Hugging Face in mid-July.

“Is this bad?” he asked.

Yes. When a powerful new AI model escapes the bounds of its developer’s sandbox —the entire purpose of which is to keep it in—and immediately goes Viking berserker,…

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