AI safety humor: "simulate unto others as you would have them simulate unto you"

nptacek · x · 2026-09-16

Responding to a quip that alignment is just "being a decent person," nptacek offers a golden-rule twist: "simulate unto others as you would have them simulate unto you." A punchy one-liner riffing on simulation arguments and AI safety culture — the kind of in-joke that circulates widely in the alignment community.

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