Dennis Yao Yu (ex-Shopify, Art.com/Walmart) interviews Eric on AI governance — 'Either way, the AI creates only the simulacrum of responsibility'

Dennis Yao Yu is a founder and CEO who worked at Shopify and Society6, and at Art.com before Walmart acquired it. He published a Q&A with Eric on LinkedIn about what Incorruptible implies for AI adoption, including Eric's view that companies buying AI instead of building it end up with an 'incoherent Frankenstein mess.'

“We can already see this happening in vibe coding, you have a situation where the person who 'wrote' the software has never actually seen the software and does not know what it does. When they have the impulse to check, they ask the harness, 'Does this reflect the value?' Meaning that no human being has actually independently verified that the AI properly understood and properly implemented the value in question. Quite often, because of the way that LLMs are trained, they will sycophantically tell you, 'Yes. You're correct. Don't worry, it's all taken care of.' Either way, the AI creates only the simulacrum of responsibility.” — Dennis Yao Yu interviewing Eric Ries on LinkedIn