AI labs treating dangerous capability list like a checklist, philosopher warns
MattLutzPhi · x · 2026-09-02
Matt Lutz says he's been floored over recent months by how AI labs treat the list of incredibly dangerous AI capacities like a checklist, "with an award that goes to whoever ticks them all off first" — echoing the discussion on labs' shifting RSI rhetoric.
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