Ex-CMU researcher calls for complex systems scientists to join AI alignment research
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-09-28
alexolegimas, who spent 7 years at CMU, argues AI research badly lacks complex systems scientists: researchers who studied multi-agent systems and emergence for decades should be central to the field. mkaemingk follows up asking whether safety/alignment orgs are actively recruiting complex systems and social-behavioral science researchers into the mix.
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