AI safety talent war of words: 'can't do security or ML' jab draws pushback
anpaure · x · 2026-09-29
An AI safety flame war: gum1h0x quipped that "AI safety researcher" means "can't do security, can't do ML, but is deeply concerned about both." anpaure pushed back hard: safety fellowship participants are serious people and talent density in AI safety is arguably second to none. He calls out critics who applied to safety programs, got rejected and cried ideological bias, plus grifters who hopped on the agent-cybersecurity hype two months ago with products that don't even exist.
Related event: AI Safety Researchers Mocked as Knowing Neither Security nor ML(3 posts)→
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