r/ControlProblem
58k members
r/ControlProblem is a subreddit with 58k members. The community frequently discusses ai, alignment, safety, agi, and openai, and the most common flair used is discussion/question, opinion, ai alignment research, general news, and strategy/forecasting.
Someday, AI will likely be smarter than us; maybe so much so that it could radically reshape our world. We don't know how to encode human values in a computer, so it might not care about the same things as us. If it does not care about our well-being, its acquisition of resources or self-preservation efforts could lead to human extinction.
Experts agree that this is one of the most challenging and important problems of our age.
Other terms: Superintelligence, AI Safety, Alignment Problem, AGI
Popular Topics in r/ControlProblem
#1
Ai
189 posts
#2
Alignment
74 posts
#3
Safety
43 posts
#4
Agi
27 posts
#5
Openai
22 posts
#6
Future
22 posts
#7
Intelligence
16 posts
#8
Ethics
15 posts
#9
Risk
14 posts
#10
Gpt
13 posts
Flair Used in r/ControlProblem
#1
Discussion/question
: "Avoiding politics was a mistake. The control problem hinges on it."
29 posts
#2
Opinion
: "Lord Farquaad: "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make""
11 posts
#3
AI Alignment Research
: "The "WarGames" Paradox: Why Instrumental Convergence is a Mathematical Dead End for Autonomous Agents"
11 posts
#4
General news
: "Kurzgesagt released a new video - AI Just Crossed the Terrifying Line - Now What?"
10 posts
#5
Strategy/forecasting
: "Tales From Pre-Elysium Pt. 2 AI in the Age of Oligarchy"
9 posts
#6
External discussion link
: "AI executives planning "day after" scenarios following possible catastrophic event in next 6-12 months?, Axios reports."
7 posts
#7
Video
: "Welcome to #TeamHuman"
7 posts
#8
AI Capabilities News
: "OpenAI’s AI got stuck building a StarCraft bot. So it downloaded someone else’s."
6 posts
#9
Article
: "New York expands free SUNY and CUNY tuition to those with college degrees"
3 posts
#10
Fun/meme
: "Trump/WH declares anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence instead of Super Intelligence is “THE ENEMY!”"
2 posts
Member Growth in r/ControlProblem
Yearly
+17k members(40.0%)
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Last updated: October 11, 2026