Ex-OpenAI researcher: AI can't be paused, enforceable standards are regulatory capture
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-04
Former OpenAI researcher Susan Zhang shared a pessimistic update on AI governance: there's no pausing development ("the cat is far too out of the bag"), and she now believes "enforceable standards" amount to regulatory capture, updating her priors accordingly.
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