KOL Mocks AI Safety Petition as Prisoner's Dilemma Defect Amid Anthropic's Call to Slow Down
max_paperclips · x · 2026-07-29
Tech commentator @theemozilla sarcastically describes the current AI safety petitions as 'engineering the greatest prisoner dilemma optimal defect of all time.'
This follows an Anthropic official post stating their support for a petition signed by their CEO and co-founders. Citing their recent research on recursive self-improvement, Anthropic emphasized the need for tools to deliberately pace AI development to allow society to prepare.
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