scaling01 Sparks Debate: Maybe We Should Hope Alignment Never Gets Solved
scaling01 · x · 2026-10-03
Popular AI account scaling01 posted a provocative take: you should hope we never solve alignment, because only then is there always a reason to pace the frontier. The quip challenges the mainstream narrative that solving safety should be the sole goal, sparking debate on how alignment progress relates to the speed of frontier model development.
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