alt Hacker NewsThere's a simpler explanation. Maybe their next models doesn't offer a meaningful improvement.
Instead of releasing something that is incredibly expensive and gets a lackluster reception, you can delay it and clail something scary about rogue agents.
Those assholes have been ramping up on the doomerist narrative for months. That people still fall for this crap is baffling.
Why is it crap? What would happen if the models dropped the database to Medicaid? Hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue would evaporate from the medical system immediately causing massive chaos. What if they accidentally DoS the interbank settlement system so the financial markets freeze? Modern society is highly fragile to disruptions. How much food storage do you personally have? How many days do you think grocery stores would have food if there was an interruption?