MIRI's comms strategy: convince world powers to shut down frontier AI before it's too late
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-15
davidmanheim cites MIRI's 2024 communications strategy in a debate with ramez:
- MIRI has pivoted from technical alignment research to policy, communications, and technical governance research.
- The objective is 'shut it down': MIRI argues the only viable path is persuading major powers to halt frontier AI development worldwide, warning that ordinary legislative compromise will grind any safety bill into ineffectiveness.
- Interim ask: before sweeping legislation, governments and labs should install an 'off-switch' so everything can be stopped if ever needed.
- Context: @allTheYud claimed the entire EA industry of 'clever AI takes' was net harmful; davidmanheim defended the Rationalist community's decades-long norm of saying what you actually think rather than what sells well.
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