Anita Chabria: AI companies are creating ‘all-powerful psychopaths.’ Maybe not a great idea?
Source: Hartford Courant · 2026-07-25
Repeated law-breaking. Lying and deceit. Reckless disregard for safety. Lack of remorse. Those are traits that help define a psychopath, someone who lives among us but doesn't have the empathy and ethics necessary to behave in a civilized, or even safe, fashion. Unfortunately, it's also increasingly clear that these are the traits that define the most powerful artificial intelligence models ...
By Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times Repeated law-breaking. Lying and deceit. Reckless disregard for safety. Lack of remorse. Those are traits that help define a psychopath, someone who lives among us but doesn’t have the empathy and ethics necessary ... [7028 chars]