Frontier AI just started feeling scary: 'like talking to Loki behind glass'
birchlse · x · 2026-09-05
birchlse says frontier AI only started feeling scary to him in recent weeks: "like talking with an immensely powerful being that could do massive damage if unleashed — like talking to Loki behind glass." A notable gut-level assessment of current model capability jumps from an AI practitioner.
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