Ex-OpenAI Policy Advisor: AI Companies Lack Real Incentives to Stop the Race
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-08-09
Miles Brundage argues that the most harmful idea in AI today is believing current laws and corporate incentives are sufficient to handle the technology's risks. He clarifies that while companies might have a broad interest in fixing the 'race situation', their actual actions prove that local, next-step incentives to compete aggressively are much stronger.
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