Eric Jang's ML memes: the bell-curve take on alignment is "just tell the AI to be nice"
goyal__pramod · x · 2026-10-28
A pointer to Eric Jang's Machine Learning Memes blog page, featuring the classic bell-curve meme: both ends of the curve say "just tell the AI to be nice," while the 34% middle agonizes that "alignment requires understanding agent foundations, solutions to value overoptimization and value proxies..." A one-image jab at the tension between alignment research and plain intuition — an AI-circle classic.
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