Summary: Recent “rogue AI” news is the result of very basic design flaws. But companies are designed the same way. That will make the problem hard to fix. “Hugging Face” is a weird name for a company, but these are weird times. A rogue AI recently hacked into Hugging Face — which calls itself “the … Continue reading Our AIs Prioritize Success Over Ethics. Are We Surprised?
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Dear Santa Claus: So Sorry About the North Pole (2025 edition)
Update 17 Dec 2025: Times have changed, and I have realised that this article needs a short framing intro. Climate science is in trouble. Funding is being cut. Information is disappearing. To draw a little attention to this and other issues, I returned to a format I first introduced in 2003: a darkly humorous "Letter … Continue reading Dear Santa Claus: So Sorry About the North Pole (2025 edition)
I asked ChatGPT to analyse the new US National Security Strategy
After reading the new National Security Strategy of the United States of America, recently released by the White House, I thought, "I used to advise US military bases on their sustainability programs. This new strategy seems to be a major change in direction, and it has enormous implications for sustainability and sustainable development work, globally. … Continue reading I asked ChatGPT to analyse the new US National Security Strategy
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