Alignment researcher stands by 2023 essay arguing the alignment problem is tractable
DoomNayer · x · 2026-09-09
Quintin Pope replied that he agrees with Richard Hanania and believes the essay he co-wrote with Nora Belrose in 2023 on the fundamental tractability of alignment remains correct. DoomNayer countered that it would be more convincing if they wrote a concrete AI-2027-style scenario and predicted the less lethal failures in advance.
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