Critique: Altman focusing on cyber defense to dodge alignment challenges

ronbodkin · x · 2026-08-29

The post responds to Sam Altman's urgent call for hardening cyber defenses with AI. While agreeing that cyber defense is important and worth substantial investment, the author argues it is clear that Altman is trying to shift focus to 'easy' problems—at least in comparison—to distract from the alignment challenges for which we currently have no answers.

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