Comment by francodanussi on All AGI Safety questions welcome (especially basic ones) [April 2023] · 2023-04-10T02:08:04.512Z · LW · GW

It is true that programmers sometimes build things ignoring the underlying wiring of the systems they are using. But programmers in general create things relying on tools that were thouroughly tested. Besides that, they are builders, doers, not academics. Think of really good guitar players: they probably don't understand how sounds propagate through matter, but they can play their instrument beautifully.