Adrien LE: 'Ensure X doesn't control AGI' often means 'ensure I control AGI'
AdrienLE · x · 2026-09-10
Adrien LE posted a pointed quip about motives in AGI governance debates: when people say "I just want to make sure X doesn't control AGI," what they often really mean is "I just want to make sure I control AGI." A one-line jab at the self-interest hiding inside alignment discourse that resonated widely.
Related event: Viral Take: Opposing Others' Control of AGI Often Means Wanting It Yourself(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Paying mathematicians $1,000 to review AI proofs — but how much work is it? — ctjlewis · 2026-09-10
- Nic Carter challenges Anthropic's 'Aligned Machine God' belief: how would getting there first even work? — examachine · 2026-09-10
- Viral jab at frontier labs: 'too dangerous for anyone else to own, but we take all credit cards' — prateekj · 2026-09-10
- Ted Chiang, Ken Liu and writers tackle writing and reading in the age of AI — begusgasper · 2026-09-10
- Sentdex: centralized human power, not AI, is the real x-risk — Sentdex · 2026-09-10
- Apple keynote take: ambient AI matters more than the foldable iPhone Duo — VraserX · 2026-09-10