Why Trust Lab Safety Researchers More: Reality Contact and Competence Filtering
repligate · x · 2026-09-12
repligate shares a take on the AI safety debate: he trusts safety researchers inside AI labs slightly more on average, because they have more contact with reality and are filtered by competence — a concise position in the ongoing lab-vs-external-critics discussion.
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