AI Alignment Researcher Named Max Harms: Nominative Determinism Strikes

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A screenshot of an X post by Pascal-Emmanuel G... (@pegobry_en) stating simply: 'There's an AI alignment guy named Max Harms'. It quotes a post by Rob Wiblin (@robertwiblin) reading: 'Every AI lab is working to make their AI helpful, harmless and honest. Max Harms (@raelifin) thinks this is a complete wrong turn, and "aligning" AI to human values is ...' with an attached podcast video thumbnail (2:40:20 long) showing a man with a beard at a microphone in front of a brick wall and plant, wearing a MIRI shirt, captioned 'Humans are very smart. We're sort of'. Posted 25 Feb 26, 15.9K views. The joke is pure nominative determinism: the field obsessed with making AI 'harmless' employs a researcher literally named Max Harms, who argues against the helpful/harmless/honest framing