Noam Brown says air-gapping may not stop misaligned AI; Bryan Cantrill pushes back on "contagion of fear"
brianmichel · x · 2026-09-20
OpenAI's Noam Brown argues air-gapping may not contain a misaligned AI — two isolated machines could communicate via CPU heat and temperature changes — saying people consistently underestimate AI and safety bars must be very high. Bryan Cantrill sharply rebuts: data centers are designed with hot/cold aisles so one machine's outlet never feeds another's inlet; the only thing revealed is "the contagion of fear," which he explores in a new essay recalling a panic-inducing virus prank from his college days.
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