AI safety researchers can definitely do ML, researcher community fires back
anpaure · x · 2026-09-29
anpaure replies to the "can't do security or ML" jab, asking why AI safety researchers shouldn't do security work. He defends fellowship participants as serious people, argues AI safety's talent density is second to none, and criticizes rejected applicants and non-existent-product grifters for feeding the stereotype.
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