AI Safety Researchers Warn Frontier Labs Are Ignoring Long-Term AGI Risks
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-08-08
AI safety researcher Buck Shlegeris (@So8res) recently referenced a new book on AGI catastrophes, implying that current frontier AI companies are acting as recklessly as the fictional company Galvanic in the novel.
Responding to the quote, researcher Jacques Thibault remarked that these labs keep making predictable short-term moves, yet seem completely incapable of reading ahead to see where the story ends—turning a blind eye to the existential risks AGI might ultimately pose. This highlights ongoing concerns within the AI safety community about the reckless race among major labs.
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