The positive vision of AI safety: taking x-risk seriously means weighing the upside too
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-11
Researcher nablatheta argues we should also remember the positive vision of AI safety: aligned AGI could bring a great amelioration of the human condition.
Taking AI x-risk seriously doesn't mean denying the potential upside — if anything, it means correctly feeling the full gravity of the task. "If we mess this up, we don't just lose the world, we lose the even better world we could have had."
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