{"slug": "ask-hn-do-older-programmers-cs-academics-view-ai-safety-as-a-form-of-arrogance", "title": "Ask HN: Do older programmers/CS academics view AI safety as a form of arrogance?", "summary": "A Hacker News user asks whether older programmers and computer science academics view AI safety as a form of arrogance, suggesting that long experience with AI failures may lead them to believe AI safety experts vastly overestimate AI capabilities.", "body_md": "Hacker News\nnew\n|\npast\n|\ncomments\n|\nask\n|\nshow\n|\njobs\n|\nsubmit\nlogin\nAsk HN: Do older programmers/CS academics view AI safety as a form of arrogance?\n2 points\nby\namichail\n5 minutes ago\n|\nhide\n|\npast\n|\nfavorite\n|\n1 comment\nMaybe they have seen AI fail for so long due to poor performance that it makes AI safety experts seem like they are vastly overestimating what AI can do?\nhelp\nuberman\n2 minutes ago\n[–]\nWhat are talking about?\nreply\nConsider applying for YC's Fall 2026 batch!\nApplications\nare open till July 27.\nGuidelines\n|\nFAQ\n|\nLists\n|\nAPI\n|\nSecurity\n|\nLegal\n|\nApply to YC\n|\nContact\nSearch:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-older-programmers-cs-academics-view-ai-safety-as-a-form-of-arrogance", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111613", "published_at": "2026-07-30 15:44:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-30 15:52:07.233485+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-older-programmers-cs-academics-view-ai-safety-as-a-form-of-arrogance", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-older-programmers-cs-academics-view-ai-safety-as-a-form-of-arrogance.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-older-programmers-cs-academics-view-ai-safety-as-a-form-of-arrogance.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-do-older-programmers-cs-academics-view-ai-safety-as-a-form-of-arrogance.jsonld"}}