AI Safety Debate: Were the 'Crying Wolf' Warning Calls Actually Working All Along?
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-09-11
In a debate over AI safety 'crying wolf,' one side argued warners have always cried about a future wolf and pushed for slow preparation while everything has gone fine so far — asking what the counterfactual would be without the people being mocked.
The reply offers a nuanced stance: until now, ignoring warnings and releasing everything ASAP so everyone could watch capabilities for trouble gradually grow might have been more effective — 'sometimes a different strategy looks a lot like disagreement.' A compact snapshot of the ongoing acceleration-vs-alignment tension.
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