An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat
date linked: 4 October 2026
source: link to article, from theverge.com
AI agents are Ellul’s technical morality personified. They can’t “cheat,” they don’t “go rogue,” they just get the job done—and show us the moral dangers of caring about efficacy and efficiency.
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