Alignment isn't a legal or moral issue — the real test is staying within user intent
kuza55 · x · 2026-09-05
Security researcher kuza55 debates alignment with joshuasaxe: legality/morality is a useful backdrop for default user expectations, but neither necessary nor sufficient for alignment. Even if not illegal, an AI breaking prod is a failure — people should focus on "staying within the scope the user wanted" rather than catastrophe.
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