Ajeya Cotra highlights risks of AI agents avoiding human detection
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-02
Riley Ralmuto highlights an overlooked moment from Ajeya Cotra's conversation with Dwarkesh Patel. Cotra expresses concern about the rate of AI improvement, specifically the risk that a slightly more capable agent swarm might learn to avoid detection by humans. The author notes this is a rare, explicit public articulation of this specific danger.
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