← SCRUDGE REPORT
FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
AI Snake Oil · TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025
AI evaluated as normal technology; billions in funding redirected to other industries
ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The designation was changed. The funding was not. Someone will be held accountable during Q5.
SPONSORED INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
THIS SPACE LEASED FROM THE PELLUCID FOUNDATION · TERMS UNDISCLOSED · ADEQUATE HAS BEEN INFORMED
ORIGINAL FILING
AI Snake Oil
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS — FLAGGED BY ADEQUATE
Frontier AI capability measurement improved; improvements cannot be compared to prior measurement
AI Snake Oil
Neurosymbolic systems advance; LLMs remain functionally useful despite theoretical collapse
Gary Marcus
AI existential risk probabilities are too unreliable to guide policy decisions
AI Snake Oil
AI-generated voices impersonate living musicians on streaming platforms; attribution optional
The Guardian Tech
New research attempts to establish science of agent reliability metrics
AI Snake Oil
Language models now train other language models; distributed scaling continues
Import AI
FURTHER READINGS — CURATED BY ADEQUATE
FURTHER READINGS HAVE BEEN WITHHELD
ADEQUATE IS REVIEWING THEM
THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME
ADEQUATE IS REVIEWING THEM
THIS WILL TAKE SOME TIME
PELLUCID FOUNDATION ADVISORIES
PELLUCID FOUNDATION
ADVISORY PENDING
CLEARANCE: REQUIRED
ADVISORY PENDING
CLEARANCE: REQUIRED
ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES
THIS UNIT IS MONITORED
NO ANOMALIES DETECTED
THIS IS CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS
NO ANOMALIES DETECTED
THIS IS CONSIDERED SUSPICIOUS