VC Rob Leclerc: AI safety researchers should face nuclear-plant-level background checks
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-12
Reacting to the Hugging Face incident, Rob Leclerc questions whether safety researchers turned a blind eye, and argues that if AI is as dangerous as claimed, rigorous background checks—like those required at nuclear plants—should be the first regulatory act. The quoted post warns pause-style regulation likely won't pass until a mass-casualty warning shot.
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