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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by mplappert on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @05:36PM (#48998701)
“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” (or carelessness in this case)
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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by rubyfan on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @05:45PM (#48998803)
I would attribute it to profit motive instead of either stupidity or malice.
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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by yoyohello13 on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @10:43PM (#49001198)
Yeah, I think this needs to be update for the modern age. "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by greed." Seems to fit vastly more situations.
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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by cryptoz on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @05:40PM (#48998744)
FWIW, I used to love this phrase but over recent years have come to understand it is quite damaging. We live in a society where evil frequently hides behind a ‘stupid’ label, and people bring this quote up to defend or soften actions that are indeed done out of specific malicious intent.
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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by pixl97 on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @08:08PM (#49000110)
It's because we don't treat evil and stupidity the same when we should.
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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by 12_throw_away on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @07:14PM (#48999650)
Right? "Never attribute to malice what [... etc]" is always just a thought-terminating cliche these days.

TBH I have a hard time imagining how anyone, in the year 2026, thinks that we should default to assuming good intent behind words on the internet.

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Re:OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident by overgard on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @06:33PM (#48999270)
I'm fairly certain they're both malicious and stupid.
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