AI Safety Researcher Asks: Which Effect Will Make Us Pause Too Late?
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-08-11
AI safety researcher David Krueger poses a question: which effect is more likely to make us pause too late on AI safety? The 'runaway train effect' (stopping takes longer than expected) or the 'Wile E. Coyote effect' (we don't see the cliff and fall off without realizing).
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