Kelsey Piper: labs' 'we'll get it right, rivals won't' mindset keeps the AI race from slowing
KelseyTuoc · x · 2026-09-10
Kelsey Piper observes that people at OpenAI and Anthropic tend to believe that recursively self-improving AI, if they get it right, will be the best thing ever — while it would be bad if a rival gets there first. This mindset makes them reluctant to stop, even as signs accumulate that nobody knows how to do it right.
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