If nobody knows exactly how, then "at random" sounds about right and the results should be treated as such.
That is, in this case, it should not be used to influence decisions that can start a war.
That is, in this case, it should not be used to influence decisions that can start a war.
It’s not completely random. We just don’t understand why the tricks we learned work.
(Fully agree with the second point FWIW)
“we made this artifact and don’t know why the thing it does looks spookily like cognition”
and
“this artifact makes decisions at random”
are obviously distinct categories and pretending otherwise is silly.
Regardless of negative consequences it brings. They have that project of creating tech god which will save the unborn people thousands years in the future ... so people living now dont matter.
That is why.
So I don’t think “labs worked hard” is the same thing is “we know scientifically how these things work in any real level of detail”. The ability to build a thing, even if building it is hard, is not the same thing as understanding of what the thing is or how it works, not even a little bit.