repligate explains why he still respects Eliezer: rare pre-AI alignment thinking
repligate · x · 2026-09-12
Asked by @ronSzab9 why he still respects Eliezer Yudkowsky despite criticisms that could apply to Eliezer himself, repligate concedes the criticism is partly fair but offers two reasons: first, Eliezer was one of the very few people who did genuinely good and useful armchair philosophizing about alignment before real AI existed; second, he has stayed grounded in reality and kept learning from actual developments in recent years. A telling glimpse into how the AI safety community evaluates its own thought leaders.
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