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Re:Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? by oarsinsync on Sunday September 13, 2026 @11:47AM (#49685294)
> > It's not the weed wacker's fault or even the dog's fault when someone got hurt, it's the fault of the guy who put a weed wacker on a dog and let it run wild.

> The difference is volume. They spent hundreds of billions of tokens on these agents. If you put "a million weed whackers on dog backs" you would see the difference.

So put one weed whacker on one dog, you're to blame. Put a million weed whackers on a million dogs backs and ... you're still to blame? Arguably even more so?

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Re:Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? by verzali on Sunday September 13, 2026 @12:32PM (#49685768)
You forgot the part where you spend billions to put your man in a position of power.
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Re:Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating? by 1718627440 on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:36AM (#49714179)
The you are responsible even more, and also proved you did it intentionally. What are you even arguing for?

This way you do not absolve your responsibility, you just manipulate the way to enforce it.

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