Pedro Domingos: dumb AI is unsafe, smart AI is safe — accelerate AI research
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-12
Noted researcher Pedro Domingos makes a counterintuitive argument: 'Dumb AI is unsafe. Smart AI is safe. The more worried about AI safety you are, the more you should support accelerating AI research.' A concise statement of the capability-equals-safety camp in AI safety debates.
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