Ethan Mollick: Small AI safety trade-offs may compound into systemic risks
emollick · x · 2026-09-02
Ethan Mollick comments on the trend of making small decreases in AI safety for increases in utility. While these make sense individually, combining them into a complex, poorly understood system raises questions about whether these risks compound.
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