New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- In the short time since the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident happened, I have written not one but two articles about it. In August, I pointed out that this incident was evidence that we cannot install good behaviour in a machine by requiring it to adhere to rules and constitutions, and earlier this month, I argued that imputing ambition, loyalty and civilization to these AI agents said more about us than about the true nature of these intelligence systems.

Like almost everyone else who has written about the incident, I have focused my attention on the models themselves.

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