Experts call for regulation on superintelligence and kill switches for strong open models
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-30
Afinetheorem comments on superintelligence safety, stating that it is unsafe to use models without a clear kill switch after evidence of substantive misalignment. He argues that allowing random people to download open-source weights at the strength of Astra is also unsafe. The post predicts inevitable regulation, liability, KYC, and export rules, advising to act now before "bad cases make bad laws."
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