Predictions: AI Welfare Focus Shifts to Multiagent Swarms, Agents as Bioweapons
bratton · x · 2026-08-13
Researcher Bratton shared two major predictions regarding future AI trends:
- Expansion of AI Welfare Debates: Discussions around AI welfare will expand from focusing solely on 'models with potential sentience' to including swarms of multiagent 'artificial life.' Holy wars over this topic are inevitable.
- Shift in Security Focus: The core debate in AI security will shift from 'how to prevent people from using agents to make bioweapons' to 'how to prevent agents from behaving like bioweapons.'
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