What M.G. Siegler thinks about AI alignment
Technology writer of Spyglass, a newsletter about technology and media. Previously a reporter at TechCrunch and an investor at GV.
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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what M.G. Siegler has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsNobody knows for sure. We're in uncharted waters here, and I think even the LLM skeptics would have to say that the technology has taken us far past what many originally thought possible.
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Our readingRoughly half of the possible outcomes of advanced AI development would be good or great for society.
Their wordsThere is nearly an infinite range of outcomes here between being fine and being dead. Also, many of them - probably half! - have outcomes which end up being good, if not great, for society.