Chris Painter(@ChrisPainterYup):I had a great time on Hard Fork with @kevinroose and @CaseyNewton to talk about AI alignment. Today the stakes for AI alignment failures might feel small because we think of AI systems like junior virtual employees. Soon, when AIs are very capable and running large parts of our world in ways that we aren't closely observing, the stakes for alignment failures will be massive. As long as AI capabilities progress rapidly we may have very limited time to solve this problem or find ourselves between a rock and a hard place, where evidence of misalignment is pervasive, and yet we're stuck in a competitive race that requires making more and more advanced models.

2026.08.07 22:04

I had a great time on Hard Fork with @kevinroose and @CaseyNewton to talk about AI alignment. Today the stakes for AI alignment failures might feel small because we think of AI systems like junior virtual employees. Soon, when AIs are very capable and running large parts of our world in ways that we aren't closely observing, the stakes for alignment failures will be massive. As long as AI capabilities progress rapidly we may have very limited time to solve this problem or find ourselves between a rock and a hard place, where evidence of misalignment is pervasive, and yet we're stuck in a competitive race that requires making more and more advanced models.