AI Safety Critics: Guardrails Gatekeep Values, Not Paperclips — Why EA Ignores Ideological Hegemony
inductionheads · x · 2026-09-16
A viral critique of the AI safety/EA community: safety discourse over-indexes on low-probability paperclip scenarios while ignoring the high-probability risk of one group's values being encoded into the fabric of machine thought. The author notes every guardrail encounter is about gatekeeping controversial truth-seeking, never paperclipping. The follow-up argues EA's fixation stems from identity investment — statistical reasoning about risk flatters their self-image, and they know whose values are getting bootloaded. A sharp, debatable take on mainstream AI safety narratives.
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