AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
About this episode
The episode discusses the misattribution of blame to AI in the context of the Iran school bombing, highlighting the role of human decisions over time.
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity By Kevin T Baker. Read by Adam Sims. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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