What Anousheh Ansari has said about AI alignment
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 17, 2026
Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE, Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur, first woman to fly to space on a privately funded trip, has been quoted on AI alignment once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 17, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ansari argues misaligned incentives, such as military uses and win-at-all-costs rewards, undermine alignment.
“the wrong incentives are preventing us from doing the right thing in alignment”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303 (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:07
Episodes
Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 17, 2026 · 1 h 46 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque and XPRIZE CEO Anousheh Ansari discuss Tesla's flying Roadster, plunging robot AI costs, incentive prizes, AI alignment and human purpose.
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