AI risk debate: parroting talking points or controllable alien systems?
dromanocpm · x · 2026-10-15
dromanocpm pushes back on extinction-risk warnings, arguing the "alien mind" framing wouldn't fly at the Council of Europe and that expert alarms parrot the same points from a "philanthropic investor's" portfolio. He cites a 30-year pharma manufacturing veteran: even poorly understood biology is controlled safely at the system level, so alignment should target systems, not models. austinc3301 counters that policymakers do take this seriously.
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