Alignment Researchers Debate Why the Fragility of Value Thesis Kept Work Neglected
jd_pressman · x · 2026-11-14
jdpressman and EpistemicHope discuss why value alignment was long neglected in AI safety research. The author agrees the fragility-of-value thesis is a contributing cause of the neglect, and notes that with his current understanding of affective neuroscience, some popular claims in the space don't hold up.
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