Mocking Pinker's take on alignment: 'we program them to want what we want'
JMannhart · x · 2026-09-06
Continuing his critique of Enlightenment Now, the author mocks Pinker's argument that AI will obey because 'we program them and give them our goals.' He jokes Pinker spent five minutes on the Alignment Problem's Wikipedia page, calling it one of the most embarrassing chapters ever written.
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