AI Safety Leaders Discuss the Disconnect in Public Panic Levels Over AI
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-08-13
Daniel Kokotajlo, former head of OpenAI's forecasting team, amplified an observation regarding Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent figure in AI safety.
The discussion highlights that the public often perceives Eliezer simply as 'someone alarmed by everything AI.' Consequently, when the public finally reaches a 7/10 alarm level over current events, they expect him to be at 9/10. This illustrates a cognitive disconnect in risk perception between the general public and deep alignment researchers.
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