Pop culture treats AI alignment as a panacea, but it's nothing of the sort
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-10-13
gandamuml argues the real problem is that popular culture and media lean into 'alignment' as if it were a panacea or trophy, when it is nothing of the sort — and most people follow because it's the path of least resistance. Meanwhile, he quips, the 'birthrate of dickhead AIs' keeps accelerating.
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