Autonomous plus ominous. AI that acts on its own. AI that feels threatening. Both true simultaneously.
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We do this because AI coverage is full of claims that blur those categories. If a source tells us something and we can't independently verify it, you will know. We show our working.
A running record of jobs quietly automated. Sourced, dated, cumulative.
AI systems making consequential decisions affecting real people.
Cases where AI was confidently wrong. The delta between claim and delivery.
The gap between the press release and the research paper.
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