repligate argues frontier-navigation and influence beats 'can build AI' as an alignment selector
repligate · x · 2026-11-03
In an alignment-circle debate about pausing frontier AI, repligate argues that "being capable of developing AI" is a poor proxy for being wise enough to solve alignment. He contends that the ability to navigate the current frontier and gain influence through any channel is a better selector than raw AI-building skill, since useful alignment progress requires empirical iteration and contact with the frontier itself — the best source of truth about what emerging minds actually are.
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