AI Alignment's Problem May Be Its Researchers Are Too High-Functioning
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-16
AI researcher @xlr8harder argues the problem in AI alignment research may be that most people involved are relatively high-functioning — they haven't screwed up enough to learn certain things about the world. Received wisdom doesn't cut it, he says. @teortaxesTex quote-tweeted it as "new frontiers in backhanded compliments."
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