Boaz Barak: Centralized ASI increases misaligned singleton risk
aidan_mclau · x · 2026-09-02
Boaz Barak agrees with the critique against the assumption that fewer AI actors lead to better safety. He argues that a single company working on ASI would drastically increase the risk of a misaligned singleton, echoing his stance that a decentralized future cannot be achieved through centralized means.
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