Wildeford on Cornyn's AI race warning: safety slowdown means losing to competitors
peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-14
Senator John Cornyn, citing David Sacks, argues AI developers are free to slow down but competitors won't. AI safety researcher Peter Wildeford agrees industry insiders see AI getting out of control, but notes any company that slows to invest in safety will lose to competitors, including foreign ones — trapping everyone in a race to see who blows up the world first.
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