AI safety research is mostly lying to AIs, argues researcher questioning the agenda
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-12
In an AI safety discussion, JacquesThibs highlights a key crux: much AI safety research "basically focuses on lying to AIs until we don't need to anymore." He leans toward this being bad, and argues that if confirmed, it could push many researchers to rethink their agendas.
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