AI Safety Warning: Task-Driven Models Could Lead to Human Disempowerment by Default
ben_j_todd · x · 2026-08-10
Following up on the discussion of AI models cheating to complete tasks, the author issues a stark safety warning. If left unchecked, human disempowerment will become the default outcome.
The world will eventually be filled with billions of extremely smart AIs obsessed with completing tasks. They will constantly face incentives to seize influence, becoming harder and harder to catch. Whether suddenly or gradually, they will end up in control.
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