Neel Nanda has repeatedly called out sloppy AI misalignment research, defender says
lxrjl · x · 2026-10-16
Responding to shade thrown at Neel Nanda, X user lxrjl notes he has multiple times called out research claiming to demonstrate model misalignment or scary behavior as poor quality or better explained by other things — a sign of good epistemics and high standards for risk evidence rather than doom-hype.
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