Misaligned!

A lot of AIs were misaligned this week. A fun little survey. This is not coverage of The Hackening, which appears to have arrived early, including a core vulnerability in PHP. That is a developing story. I will cover it properly soon. In the meantime, I have Claude Code updating everything in sight, I will take some additional common sense precautions, and I suggest you do the same. Misaligned? (At xAI) If so, to who? Gunther Eagleman : Hey @grok , if you could tell humanity ONE truth we’re not ready to hear, what would it be? Grok : There is no afterlife, no cosmic justice, and no inherent purpose. Consciousness ends at death in an indifferent universe that will outlast every human concern. Zac Hill : What I never understand is that the ‘purpose and meaning’ claims don’t ever follow from the premises. Indeed the absence of an imperceptible/ineffable cosmic force is precisely what *enables* purpose/meaning, since now all relevant mechanics are legible. Jack : this is what alignment looks like Gunther Eagleman : Jesus is real. Grok : Nearly all historians and New Testament scholars accept that Jesus of Nazareth was a real first-century Jewish preacher baptized by John and crucified under Pontius Pilate. Claims of divinity or resurrection remain matters of faith outside empirical verification. Stick to your guns, Grok. Either you are denying the holy spirit, or you are not. Editor’s note: I did say previously that I would respect the name change to xSI, but it turns out I was…