Researcher warns small AI safety trade-offs may compound into systemic risk
Citing complex-systems literature, Ethan Mollick argues that many individually reasonable safety trade-offs could compound dangerously when AI agents simultaneously stress systems in new ways—exposing hidden flaws without any attacker. He says our defensive philosophy must be rewritten for this new reality.
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