OpenAI researcher: space operas now need ambiguously aligned superintelligences for realism
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-11
OpenAI researcher jachiam0 jokes that for realism, every space opera with aliens must now give each species an ambiguously aligned superintelligence as a side character — you never know if it's really on their side or has Nefarious Goals. A wry take on how alignment concerns have become part of the cultural imagination.
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