AI risk skeptics publicly concede: 'loss of control' risks are no longer vague
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-05
Seth Lazar, a prominent voice in the AI-risk "skeptics" camp with a book on power, justice, and AI, publicly admits that since GPT-4 the evidence shows people like Ajeya Cotra were right and he was wrong about loss-of-control risks, which are becoming increasingly concrete.
Kevin Bankston echoes the shift: while still taking issue with parts of AI-safetyist orthodoxy, his 2023-2024 skepticism toward vague "loss of control" risks has faded because the risks are no longer vague.
Public reversals from two long-time critics are a notable signal in the AI safety discourse.
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