Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Ok, so this is a problem—but not for the reason the headline claims. The AI agents are not «ignoring instructions», but are following instructions and because they are programmed to act semi-independently without checking for new instructions every step along the way, the consequences of the instructions they are given are well beyond what is foreseen. We have had fables warning us about this for thousands of years—think of King Midas not being able to forsee the consequences of everything he touches being turnes to gold—but we stubbornly refuse to listen to our own warnings.

RE: https://scholar.social/@olivia/116229013687072877

Unsurprisingly, from the first sentence it's a lie:

"In the five years since Anthropic began, AI progress has moved incredibly quickly."

No, actually it hasn't. We're still using transformers, developed in late 2017; in fact, we're **hopelessly dependent upon them with nothing else in sight.**

Progress has stalled, despite endless hype. For example, where are those "agents?" Where are they? Can someone, anyone point to a successful, profitable agent? Anyone?

This is all such a terrible joke.

There was an old country that swallowed some wood;
We should recall it had loads of wood!
It swallowed the wood to catch the coal,
It swallowed the coal to catch the steel,
It swallowed the steel to catch the oil,
It swallowed the oil to catch more coal,
It swallowed more coal to create The Cloud,
That squiggled and jiggled and tickled its crowds.

It swallowed The Cloud to catch AI;
I don’t know why it swallowed AI – perhaps it’ll die

#energyTransition #lyricallyDissAI

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.