AI safety folks are naive about 'alignment washing', unlike animal advocates
birchlse · x · 2026-10-10
The author draws an analogy from animal advocacy: activists there are keenly aware of the risk of being used for "welfare washing" if they get too close to industry. AI safety people, by contrast, have been comparatively naive about how they might be leveraged for "alignment washing" — labs using ties with safety researchers as cover. A pointed observation on independence risks within the AI safety community.
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