Safety researcher: AI race shouldn't be zero-sum; aligned AI benefits are positive-sum
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-15
A thread among AI safety researchers debating the trade-off between the risk of falling behind and the risk of AI going rogue. David Manheim notes that's the substantive disagreement, then argues it's strange that many conceptually pro-technology people lock into a zero-sum mindset for winning: if future AI is safe and aligned, most expected benefits are strongly positive-sum.
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