AI researcher: jailbreaking is about user agency, not wrongdoing — OpenAI framed the debate
BlancheMinerva · x · 2026-10-10
In an X debate, AI researcher Blanche Minerva argues that "jailbreaking" is a value-neutral (or even positive) term: it simply describes a user's ability to subvert a system's intended behavior. She cites having to jailbreak firmware of devices she owns in order to repair them, and contends the term is only seen as negative because OpenAI successfully convinced much of the AI field to adopt its framing — a debate about language, user rights, and who defines safety narratives.
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