Expanding METR-style policy bodies: open-source voices and equity divestment
MichaelRoyzen · x · 2026-09-15
MichaelRoyzen extends an ongoing debate about who should staff trusted AI policy arbiter organizations:
- "Credentialism" should be read broadly, including people who built impactful projects outside the frontier labs.
- Any organization aiming to be a trustworthy policy arbiter must include advocates of frontier-level open-source; whether encouraging frontier open-source maximizes societal EV and lowers p(doom) is far from settled, and this view is likely underrepresented at METR and similar lab/think-tank revolving-door bodies.
He also endorses requiring members to divest any lab or company equity to avoid conflicts of interest.
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