Miles Brundage says AI safety incidents are broadly predictable even if details aren’t
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-07-23
Miles Brundage argues that even if the details of AI safety incidents are hard to predict, their broad shape is often predictable.
He says this is one reason he is bothered by the idea of “iterative deployment” in this context: the warning signs are not unknown, and failures are not excusable just because the exact incident was hard to forecast. The post is essentially a critique of complacency around AI safety planning.
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