Senior engineers should do engineering, not safety research
aniketapanjwani · x · 2026-08-28
A blog post argues that seasoned engineers pivoting into AI safety research is a mistake. It posits that safety is now primarily a production engineering problem, and the world needs great engineers to implement solutions rather than mediocre researchers.
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