Safety researcher: robust AI verification matters more than treaties for global safety
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-10
Building on Dean's remarks, safety researcher Theo Bearman argues that comprehensive, robust verification mechanisms—not just diplomacy or treaties—are the critical gap in AI development. Verification tech should have received concentrated investment years ago and must be central to the next phase, otherwise the global negative externalities of one country racing ahead are more likely to materialize.
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