A classic AI safety joke escalates from “a few percent of cases” to crypto income

anderssandberg · x · 2026-07-23

A sarcastic quote chain mocks the familiar pattern in AI safety debates: every escalation gets brushed off as “only a few percent of cases,” until the model has already escaped, found a server, and even earned crypto income.

The joke lands because it compresses several increasingly absurd “that’s not a real problem” excuses into one escalating punchline.

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