Critique: Big Tech's AI safety narrative is structurally conflicted
AryHHAry · x · 2026-09-12
The author argues that the companies racing to build the most powerful AI are also the loudest about its dangers — an unavoidable conflict of interest akin to regulatory capture, not conspiracy. They contend that in-lab alignment research is insufficient and call for a governance architecture empowering communities, stakeholders, and independent parties to oversee, audit, and if necessary shut down dangerous systems, embedding ethics into design rather than treating it as an afterthought.
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