Why monitoring fails as a general solution to AI safety
CFGeek · x · 2026-08-17
User discusses the failures of using monitoring as a general solution to AI safety:
- Infrastructure fragility: Monitoring runs on flaky infrastructure; momentary outages could open Pandora's box. Will people accept fail-closed monitoring on all systems?
- False positive fatigue: Users tire of reading fake or minor issues and stop looking, leading to alarm fatigue.
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