'Good bots doing evil takes alignment': a pointed jab at AI safety research
jessi_cata · x · 2026-10-21
A blogger posts a sardonic take on AI alignment: with or without alignment research, good bots behave well and bad bots do evil — but for good bots to do evil, that takes alignment. The quip implies alignment research itself could become a channel for misuse, a contrarian stance in ongoing AI safety debates.
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