Robin Hanson: AI Claims of Danger vs Actual Harms
amcafee · x · 2026-08-27
Economist Robin Hanson commented that the ratio of claimed dangers to actually demonstrated harms for AI might be near a peak. He noted that regulations tend to go badly when they react more to such claims than to actual demonstrations of harm. This offers a counter-perspective to current AI safety anxieties.
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