Ex-OpenAI Advisor Miles Brundage: AI Capabilities Are Accelerating Dangerously, Public in Denial
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-08-08
Miles Brundage, former Head of Government Affairs at OpenAI, stated that we are currently undergoing an extremely rapid and dangerous increase in AI capabilities. However, many people refuse to accept this reality, coping with the situation through denial, anger, shifting the topic, or making spurious accusations.
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