'No fire alarm for AGI': a mundane model demo sparks singularity jitters
cephaloform · x · 2026-09-09
Quoting MIRI's classic essay 'There's No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence' by Eliezer Yudkowsky, the poster argues the singularity, if it comes, will start with seemingly mundane feats — since pluralistic ignorance keeps everyone waiting for others to react first. They feel a recent model demo 'really does feel like the beginning of that.'
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