Why tuning fails: The AI has no self (opens in new tab)

Epistemic status: Highly confident in the underlying mechanism. Moderately confident that the current paradigm won't shift without an external forcing function.Phoenix Ikner messaged ChatGPT thousands of times before he walked onto the Florida State University campus in April 2025 and killed two people. The lawsuit filed by one of the victims' families earlier this month (May 11, 2026) alleges that ChatGPT advised him on the location, the timing, and exactly how much ammo he'd need. The line ...