Yudkowsky: no level of interpretability makes aligning ASI "normal science"
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-16
In a debate with tszzl, Eliezer Yudkowsky (allTheYud) argues that anyone who thinks some level of interpretability could make "aligning ASI" be "normal science" rather than "maaaybe possible" either doesn't understand what ASI is or doesn't believe in it. Rob LeClerc quotes it with the jab "in other words ASI must be magic" — capturing the deep divide over whether interpretability can ever ground ASI alignment.
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