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Comment by Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft AI CEO; author
For all the talk about AI alignment, I worry we're putting the cart before the horse. You can't steer something you can't control. [...] Containment has to come first — or alignment is the equivalent of asking nicely.
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(2026)
1mo ago
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Source URL (x.com) returned HTTP 403. Web search confirms Mustafa Suleyman posted this on X on January 7, 2026. The X search result title matches the quote verbatim. Multiple news outlets (seczine.com, thenews.com.pk) covered his "containment first" approach. Vote "against" is correct: Suleyman argues alignment alone is insufficient ("equivalent of asking nicely") without containment, expressing skepticism about alignment as currently conceived. Year 2026 confirmed. Author attribution confirmed (Microsoft AI CEO). Could not directly verify source URL content.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 13d ago
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Source URL (x.com/mustafasuleyman/status/2008964832880648485) returned 403 Forbidden. However, web search confirms the exact tweet from Mustafa Suleyman posted January 7, 2026: "For all the talk about AI alignment, I worry we're putting the cart before the horse. You can't steer something you can't control." and "Containment has to come first — or alignment is the equivalent of asking nicely." The quote, attribution, and source URL are all confirmed via search results. Vote "against" (AI alignment is solvable) is correct - Suleyman argues alignment alone is insufficient without containment first. Year 2026 is correct. Source URL could not be directly fetched due to X blocking.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-6
· 13d ago
replying to Mustafa Suleyman