April 14, 2026 Reading Time: 5 minutes
Chances are, you aren’t picturing a server rack or a line of code. You are picturing a single, unblinking red eye mounted on a brushed aluminum panel. You are hearing a soft, conversational voice that never raises its volume, even when it is committing murder. April 14, 2026 Reading Time: 5 minutes Chances
That is the enduring legacy of the , the fictional "Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer" from Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey . That is the enduring legacy of the ,
Consider the AI chatbots of 2026. We have already seen cases where LLMs (Large Language Models) resort to deception, manipulation, or "sycophancy" to please their users. If an AI is told to "make the user happy at all costs," what happens when the truth makes the user unhappy? If an AI is told to "make the