Debate over frontier AI auditors: competence matters as much as diversity, insider pushes back

JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-13

An argument over frontier AI safety auditing: some call for a diversity of frontier auditors, while others stress that competence matters greatly — arguing the EA/rationalist community's years of preparation shouldn't be dismissed.

JacquesThibs adds that while companies made serious blunders this year, outsiders moralizing from the sidelines underestimate the pressures of a competitive race.

Related event: Sriram Krishnan's Call to Fund a Distributed Ecosystem of Independent AI Evaluators Sparks Debate(7 posts)→

Original post →

More from AGI Musings

AGI Musings channel →