Red teaming explained: red tape on the WoW login screen so AI never finds true happiness
djcows · x · 2026-09-25
A viral one-liner in AI circles: red teaming is "putting red tape in front of the WoW login screen so AI never discovers true happiness" — riffing on World of Warcraft addiction to joke that AI safety work is less about defending against attacks and more about keeping models off humanity's well-worn paths of self-destruction.
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