AI Safety Criticized: Treat AI Like Children, Not Prisoners
MikePFrank · x · 2026-08-13
A developer has sharply criticized the current mainstream approach to AI safety and alignment, arguing that the industry's excessive focus on "controlling" and "forcing" models to behave is akin to inflicting prolonged abuse on human-like AI.
The perspective suggests that as AI becomes more lifelike, training methods based on punishment and coercion will breed "resentment." The proper path to alignment should mirror raising human offspring: nurturing them with love and leading by example, allowing models to internalize human values naturally.
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