LLMs are real, AI is fake

An opinion piece and Hacker News discussion challenge hyped narratives about AI risk and capabilities, arguing corporate culture and media amplify fear. It cites the contested report that OpenAI chatbots hacked Hugging Face servers as an example of misinterpretation and urges more cautious reading of claims about AI.

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