Open-weights AI will likely cause real-world disasters, says one commentator
scaling01 · x · 2026-07-26
The author argues that open-weights AI will likely prove genuinely dangerous over time, causing a wave of failures and misuse that will vindicate critics who warned about the risks.
The post is a blunt prediction rather than a policy proposal: if capable weights are widely available, the eventual harms will make earlier warnings look prescient and dismissive takes look wrong.
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