Connor Leahy: the plan for superintelligence is build it first, figure out control later
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-09
Citing AI safety researcher Connor Leahy: when he pressed those building superintelligence on their plan to control it, they got evasive, then angry, then stopped taking his calls — and the plan that emerged is to build it first and figure out control along the way. The poster summarizes it as: two steps, build superintelligence, then work out how to control it.
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