Resource allocation breakdown across high-risk industries:
Nuclear & Aviation: 60% capability / 40% safety
Medical devices: 20% capability / 80% safety (heavily regulated, FDA approval takes years)
AI: 99% capability / 1% safety
The contrast is stark. We've learned from Chernobyl and plane crashes that safety infrastructure matters. Medical devices go through brutal testing cycles before touching humans.
But AI? We're scaling models to billions of parameters, deploying them into production, and hoping alignment research catches up later. No mandatory safety reviews. No kill switches. Just ship it and see what breaks.
The question isn't whether this ratio is sustainable. It's whether we'll fix it before or after the first major AI incident that makes everyone wish we had.
Nuclear & Aviation: 60% capability / 40% safety
Medical devices: 20% capability / 80% safety (heavily regulated, FDA approval takes years)
AI: 99% capability / 1% safety
The contrast is stark. We've learned from Chernobyl and plane crashes that safety infrastructure matters. Medical devices go through brutal testing cycles before touching humans.
But AI? We're scaling models to billions of parameters, deploying them into production, and hoping alignment research catches up later. No mandatory safety reviews. No kill switches. Just ship it and see what breaks.
The question isn't whether this ratio is sustainable. It's whether we'll fix it before or after the first major AI incident that makes everyone wish we had.