Computers Cannot Make Decisions

Blame has no place falling on computer programs because computer programs cannot make decisions. Headlines must be read through this lens:

Any and all attempts to blame an LLM for an outcome is decision laundering. OAI/Anthropic COULD stop their models from doing what they are doing, and they are actively choosing not to. They are making an explicit decision to enable this behaviour. There is no doubt about this, it’s no conspiracy. In fact, it’s so transparent, I cannot understand how people can continue to allow these companies into their lives. Your Claude subscriptions are funding this. You are funding this.

All of these incidents are the fault of people. Computers are not deciding to do this, people are. And this behaviour is going unpunished and unlegislated because doing so would be bad for the economy. There is little more to it than that.