AI Safety Community Feud: Journalist Faulted for Undisclosed FLI Funding Conflicts
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-16
AI safety researcher Nathan Young revisited a community controversy: a journalist failed to disclose that subjects received funds from the Future of Life Institute.
- Young admitted he was wrong in a prior dispute with @DrTechlash over the FLI funds and apologized
- He quoted his own earlier post saying that while he doesn't endorse Brian's work broadly, the call-out was correct — conflicts of interest should have been made clear
- A small episode illustrating the AI safety community's self-correction culture
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