AI alignment difficulty lies in system complexity, not reasoning
tszzl · x · 2026-08-19
The post argues that people often mistakenly assume reasoning about alignment is the hard part, while configuring millions of task types, environments, and virtual machines is easy. In reality, it is the opposite; one needs experience in large tech organizations to intuitively appreciate the complexity and unreliability of the systems involved.
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