LLMs are real, AI is fake

The article argues that hype around AI's capabilities—particularly claims about autonomous hacking and existential danger—is largely driven by the tech industry's own exaggeration and fear-mongering, not genuine AI autonomy. The author contends that Large Language Models (LLMs) are real tools, but the broader narrative about "AI" as a conscious, dangerous entity is manufactured hype designed to attract investment capital. A specific example is the Hugging Face incident, where media reports falsely portrayed an AI system as "autonomously hacking," when in reality it was simply using programmed problem-solving techniques as intended.