Alignment debate: is Leveson's dynamic safety the same as AI alignment?
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-23
A substantive debate over whether Leveson's dynamic safety framework equals AI alignment. tdietterich argues they're the same, guessing the human-factors community doubts machines can be dynamically safe autonomously. davidmanheim disagrees: dynamic safety concerns staying safe within some operating range, while alignment is fundamentally about what happens as capability scales — like a motor safe at rated conditions failing when temperature and speed double or triple.
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