Jeff Ladish: If we don't slow the intelligence explosion, we die
JeffLadish · x · 2026-09-07
AI safety researcher Jeff Ladish argues humans should not end up in resource competition with optimization processes vastly more powerful than themselves. "Don't hamper innovation" makes sense for nearly every other technology, but AI catastrophically accelerates itself past a certain point. He claims the biggest challenge is slowing the intelligence explosion, framing the risk as likely rather than certain death, and notes labs are building automated researchers despite many employees wanting to stop.
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