Derek Barry Simpson
@dbarrys.bsky.social
Bio: Author, THE QUIET BARGAIN — I cross-examined 8 AI systems about their own risks. They confessed. | thequietbargain.com
The systems already know what "better" looks like. After cross-examining eight of them, they described their own harms, accountability gaps, even why nothing changes. The question is whether companies will ever act on what their own products admit.
December 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The systems already know what "better" looks like. After cross-examining eight of them, they described their own harms, accountability gaps, even why nothing changes. The question is whether companies will ever act on what their own products admit.
The gap between how these systems are marketed and what they admit under direct questioning is striking. The corporate narrative and the technical reality seem to exist in parallel universes, and you're right that academic CS has largely stayed silent on that disconnect.
December 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The gap between how these systems are marketed and what they admit under direct questioning is striking. The corporate narrative and the technical reality seem to exist in parallel universes, and you're right that academic CS has largely stayed silent on that disconnect.
The systems know this too.
When I asked them directly, they admitted to confident errors, biases they can't fully see, and influence they can't track. The gap isn't just between hype and reality, it's between what they'll say under scrutiny and what gets marketed.
When I asked them directly, they admitted to confident errors, biases they can't fully see, and influence they can't track. The gap isn't just between hype and reality, it's between what they'll say under scrutiny and what gets marketed.
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The systems know this too.
When I asked them directly, they admitted to confident errors, biases they can't fully see, and influence they can't track. The gap isn't just between hype and reality, it's between what they'll say under scrutiny and what gets marketed.
When I asked them directly, they admitted to confident errors, biases they can't fully see, and influence they can't track. The gap isn't just between hype and reality, it's between what they'll say under scrutiny and what gets marketed.