AI safety work is really product work empowering big labs, argues researcher citing alignment retrospective
j_foerst · x · 2026-11-03
A LessWrong retrospective, "What just happened? A retrospective of AI alignment," is sparking debate. Johannes Foerster argues technical "AI safety" work has effectively been product work that massively accelerated and empowered the large labs while disempowering Europe, questioning why academia, non-profits, open-source and governments—especially in the UK and Europe—are still doing it.
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