To Automate AI Researchers, AI Must First Learn to Sign Open Letters
pmddomingos · x · 2026-07-30
Prominent AI researcher Pedro Domingos retweeted a joke about AGI: if an AI system is to fully automate the job of an AI researcher, it will first have to learn how to sign open letters. This satirizes the current AI industry trend of frequently using open letters to express stances or call for pausing AI development.
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