AI Safety Debate

Comments debate whether safety in AI development is binary or a spectrum, genuinely prioritized over progress, or used as a pretext for other motivations.

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PE safety safe efficacy concern unsafe implications arbitrary critical unintended consequences offspring

Sample Comments

Mawr Jul 24, 2025 View on HN

Safety isn't binary, so your comment makes no sense.

rtpg Sep 22, 2017 View on HN

safety is a spectrum, I think declaring it unsafe entirely might not be conducive to more interesting points

johnisgood Sep 21, 2025 View on HN

Only if safety really is their concern... so no.

samdoesnothing Nov 29, 2025 View on HN

nooooo you don't understand, safety is the most important thing ever for every application, and everything else should be deprioritized compared to that!!!

arrowsmith Aug 1, 2025 View on HN

Because it's not actually about safety.

searealist Dec 18, 2023 View on HN

What makes you think this is not the result of optimizing for safety?

mrosett Jun 14, 2020 View on HN

That’s not a question of “progress” - it’s a question of safety.

hanniabu Jul 26, 2024 View on HN

How is this not a safety issue?

chimen Dec 31, 2024 View on HN

What is the "so called safety" that we do?

jackphilson Jun 6, 2024 View on HN

I think its safety implications