Capabilities researchers are beyond shame; safety researchers are my audience
RichardMCNgo · x · 2026-09-20
The author argues most AI capabilities researchers are "beyond shame": they don't even pretend to justify their actions by any external standard, sometimes literally smirking when answering. Many AI safety researchers are not like that, which is why the author says they are writing to them.
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