Jeff Ladish: Reveling in power over others destroys your own information environment
JeffLadish · x · 2026-10-23
AI safety researcher Jeff Ladish argues that while power and authority aren't inherently bad, delighting in making people jump on command or perform arbitrary acts is a red flag: it breeds sycophancy, so those around you stop telling you hard truths and your own information environment collapses. These lessons, he notes, have been known for thousands of years but keep needing repetition.
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