Alignment research today feels like capitalism's 'sell the disease, then the cure'
jungofthewon · x · 2026-09-10
Drawing on the Korean phrase 병주고 약주고 — first selling you the sickness, then the cure — the author argues that alignment research at AI labs now feels like the same irony: the labs build increasingly capable models that create risks, then sell alignment work as the remedy.
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