AI safety policies get politicized in the US; leave it to technocrats
shakoistsLog · x · 2026-09-15
The author argues AI safety matters, but high-salience policy issues in the US get diluted by populism. The best hope is letting public/private technocrats and wonks manage it, much like how none of us knows anything about smallpox storage.
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