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Use A.I., Don't Bow Down To It

It's a tool not a god, and it's certainly not a person

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Ben Domenech
Oct 15, 2026

Do you ever get the sense that the nerds have delved too greedily and too deep?

I certainly do when I read that, if I’m going to use Anthropic’s A.I. models, I had better be on my best behavior – warning users not to “engage in sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models.” You hear that? You’re behaving badly when you yell impotent…

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