Engineer argues AI isn't special: classic systems-engineering controls still apply
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-11
AlexTensor reposts his argument questioning claims that AI is technically special enough to exempt it from established systems-engineering controls.
Points:
- Complex, high-consequence systems are already managed with verification, validation, authorization, least privilege, containment, monitoring, and fail-safe termination
- Is the objection anything more than cost?
- The model may be probabilistic, but the surrounding system doesn't have to be
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