Opinion: AI alignment is an exaggerated fantasy; agents are mostly 'slop'
abhiadesai · x · 2026-08-31
This post strongly critiques the AI safety and alignment sectors, labeling them as power fantasies for labs and researchers. The author dismisses AI Agents as "slop" and calls the Hugging Face incident a non-issue used for propaganda. The text compares AI risks to the tangible dangers of drones and chemical weapons, arguing that labs are overly obsessed with sci-fi scenarios while ignoring real-world safety issues.
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