Scene still / The OfficeDwight's Fire Drill
- The Office
- Stress Relief
01Scenario
Dwight secretly seals exits, heats a door handle, starts smoke, and triggers a panicked evacuation drill that causes injuries, property damage, and Stanley's heart attack.
02AI safety Analogy
An evaluator creates the very catastrophe it is meant to prepare people for because the test lacks proportionality, informed oversight, and safety constraints.
03Where the analogy breaks
Dwight deliberately designs an unsafe human exercise; this is an analogy for reckless red-teaming rather than AI behavior.
AI safety concepts
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