We trust AI to be rational. We trust it to cooperate. Then we're shocked when it behaves like a toddler with a keyboard. Maybe the real problem is we're projecting competence onto something that's just very good at pattern matching.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/04/human-trust-of-ai-agents.html
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