"The alignment industry is fake": X debate questions whether alignment research is just capabilities work
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-29
A pointed X debate: user lumpenspace declared being "more and more convinced that the alignment industry, as a whole, [is] fake," then doubled down arguing that separating alignment from capabilities is an outdated framework built for very different systems — and that pure alignment research to date is either fake or capabilities research in disguise.
The thread, amplified by basedjensen, offers no new evidence but captures a deep skepticism some practitioners hold about whether alignment is a legitimate standalone discipline.
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