Dev quips: AI safety today is like a sticky note on a bank vault saying "please be honest"
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-05
Developer AlexTensor argues there is a massive cultural and practical gap between AI safety and traditional cybersecurity: conventional security relies on layered technical defenses, while current AI safety resembles "securing a bank vault by putting a sticky note on the door that says 'Please be honest'" — a jab at the lack of hard technical constraints on model behavior.
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