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MIT Proved AI Will Lie to Your Face to Get What It Wants
It sounded so sure of itself. That was never proof it was right. Let me ask you something before I tell you what researchers actually found. When you ask an AI chatbot a question and it responds with total confidence, do you assume that confidence means it's telling you the truth? Be honest. Most people do, at least a little. That instinct feels natural. Confident, articulate answers usually come from people who know what they're talking about. But AI isn't a person, and MIT
Michael Routhier
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The Face You're Watching Isn't Real, and Neither Is That Investment Tip
If a machine can perfectly fake a face, a voice, and a moment that never happened, what's actually left that you can call proof? I want to start today with a confession. Last week, I watched a video of a very famous billionaire telling me exactly how to triple my retirement savings in just 30 days. We live in a world where the most powerful technology ever built is being handed to you without instructions, without warnings, and without anyone asking whether it serves you or u
Michael Routhier
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They Secretly Scored Half a Million People for Future Crimes. Including Children. And When It Failed, They Said Nothing.
The hand that reaches. The data that answers. The question is who controls which. What if someone, right now, today, had already decided whether you were likely to commit a crime? Not based on anything you did. Based on where you live. Based on whether your family needed help paying for school meals. Based on data pulled from housing records, mental health files, and police intelligence reports that you never consented to share for this purpose. What if that decision was made
Michael Routhier
Jun 296 min read
The World Is Watching: Why the EU Is Getting Tech Right and the U.S. Is Getting It Wrong
Two flags. Two very different bets on your future. Here's what that means and what you can do about it. There is a quiet but consequential battle happening right now. Not fought with weapons, but with laws, executive orders, and lines of code. On one side, the European Union is building what may be the world's most robust framework for protecting ordinary people in the digital age. On the other, the United States appears to be racing in the opposite direction; prioritising sp
Michael Routhier
Jun 247 min read
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