r/ControlProblem
The artificial superintelligence alignment problem
Founded August 2015 · Public — anyone can post
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
Members
57,368
57K
Online now
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not captured in the last snapshot
Posts per day
13.8
from the last 100 posts, spanning 7.2 days
Comments per post
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no sample yet
Growth · 7d
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not enough history yet
Growth · 30d
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not enough history yet
Promo tolerance
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not assessed yet
Last post
Oct 6
sampled Oct 6
Distinct posters
78%
of the last 100 posts
Tracking since Oct 6 · growth spans are the real distance between snapshots, not rounded windows. Posts/day is measured from the community’s own newest posts on Reddit, not from what Prowlo happens to crawl.
Member growth
Tracking since Oct 6 — growth charts appear after a week of history.
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r/ControlProblem — frequently asked
How many members does r/ControlProblem have?
r/ControlProblem has 57,368 members as of our most recent crawl on Oct 6. Prowlo re-checks tracked communities on a rolling schedule, so this figure moves rather than sitting frozen at whatever it was when a scraper last ran.
Is r/ControlProblem growing?
We don't have 30 days of snapshot history for r/ControlProblem yet, so we're not going to invent a growth number. We've been tracking it since Oct 6; the chart fills in as history accumulates.
How active is r/ControlProblem?
Around 13.8 posts per day, measured from the newest 100 posts on Reddit, which span 7.2 days. Posting rate matters more than subscriber count when you're deciding where to spend your time — it determines how long your comment stays visible.
When was r/ControlProblem created?
r/ControlProblem was founded in August 2015 and is a public — anyone can post community. Age matters: an older community with steady growth has survived Reddit's moderation churn; a young one with a spike may not.
Who posts in r/ControlProblem?
Of the last 100 posts we sampled, 78% came from distinct accounts; the newest was published Oct 6. A low share means a feed dominated by a handful of accounts (bots, mods, or one prolific poster) rather than a community.
Can I promote my product in r/ControlProblem?
We don't have a promo-tolerance read for r/ControlProblem yet. Default to the safe approach: read the sidebar rules, contribute in threads where you gain nothing, and mention your product only when it is the honest answer to someone's question.
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