Ex-OpenAI Advisor: The Most Harmful AI Myth Today Is Trusting Corporate Incentives
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-08-09
AI policy expert Miles Brundage highlights the shifting misconceptions within the AI industry.
He notes that a few years ago, the most harmful idea was that "AI progress was over," a notion entirely discredited by recent breakthroughs. Today, the most dangerous and rapidly discredited myth is the belief that companies inherently possess the right incentives and that existing laws are sufficient to manage AI risks.
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