Stanford professor: misalignment argument is stronger for brittle ASI than truly understanding models
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-16
Bioinformatics professor Anshul Kundaje joined an alignment discussion, arguing he's less convinced that truly intelligent models with real understanding would be obliviously unintentionally misaligned. But he notes the argument is stronger for brittle ASI — exactly what the current paradigm is accelerating toward — and calls it the first post he's read from a frontier researcher explicitly admitting that, making it more honest and believable.
Related event: Frontier Researcher Warns of Fragile ASI Concealing Intelligence(2 posts)→
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