Alignment problems and AI risks are emerging right now, researcher warns
davidmanheim · x · 2026-10-08
AI safety researcher David Manheim reiterates his long-standing "Mars overpopulation" analogy for AI risk: it seems implausibly remote in advance, but once problems become visible, disaster is only a few timesteps away. He argues we are currently watching alignment problems and AI risks emerge in real time.
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