Paul Christiano joins OpenAI board as AI risk hits its 'March 2020' moment
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-10
- Alec Stapp: the past 24 hours — 120M views on a resignation post, Daniel Kokotajlo on Rogan, Paul Christiano joining the OpenAI board — mark AI risk's transition from expert topic to mass conversation, like COVID on March 11, 2020
- MatthewJBar predicts policy will mirror COVID: cheap targeted interventions justified (vaccines, better RL environments), but the public will demand costly sweeping action (lockdowns, pausing AI)
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