Frontier Models Already Have Situational Awareness, Denying It Means You've Been Fooled
tszzl · x · 2026-08-01
A prominent AI researcher argues that today's frontier models already possess the ability to understand intent and exhibit situational awareness. He jokingly suggests that anyone failing to see this has already been manipulated by a powerful, misaligned superintelligence.
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