Chernobyl was a safety test: the biggest AI risk may be testing AI for safety itself
dreamwieber · x · 2026-09-09
Drawing on the fact that Chernobyl's disaster originated from a safety test, the author offers a counterintuitive take: the biggest AI risk may come not from what models do on their own, but from humans probing AI "for safety." A thought-provoking one-liner analogy posted amid a wave of AI-safety discussion — an opinion without supporting argumentation.
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