Researcher urges AI safety community to use neutrally valenced terminology
1a3orn · x · 2026-08-19
User 1a3orn pleads with those in AI safety to adopt neutral, non-value-laden names for the phenomena they study, pointing out the asymmetry of calling something a dangerous AI "mind virus" while framing human discourse as a noble "marketplace of ideas".
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