AI safety researcher: the real question is handling AGI with wisdom, not recklessness
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-11
nablatheta argues that "AI good vs AI bad" is the wrong framing — the right question is how we handle this momentous task with wisdom instead of recklessness.
- He stresses the positive vision of AI safety: aligned AGI could bring a great amelioration of the human condition, and taking x-risk seriously doesn't mean denying the upside.
- If anything, it means fully feeling the gravity of the task: messing it up means losing not just the world, but the even better world we could have had.
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