AI law scholar on the Malfoid debate: some things are best left untouched
technollama · x · 2026-10-07
Tech law scholar Technollama (Andrea Matwynsh) weighs in on the AI community's ongoing "Malfoid" debate, saying he is still deciding what he thinks of it all but has concluded that "there are things best left untouched." The cautious stance from a prominent legal scholar highlights the ethical unease surrounding Malfoid-style experiments.
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