What Steven Brunton has said about AI alignment
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 26, 2026
Steven Brunton, University of Washington mathematician and fluid dynamics expert, has been quoted on AI alignment once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on October 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Brunton warns that greater intelligence in AI systems does not imply greater morality.
“Like super intelligence does not imply super morality. And I think that's a huge concern with AI systems”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 3:27:56
Episodes
#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity TheoryLex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 3 h 43 min
Lex Fridman and mathematicians Alex Kontorovich, Ankur Moitra and Steven Brunton discuss AI's claimed proofs of quasi-Riemann, Navier-Stokes, unique games and what it means for mathematics.
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