Normal Technology authors' 13,000-word take on AI loss-of-control incidents
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-16
Sayash Kapoor and Arvind Narayanan published a 13,000+ word essay framing recent AI loss-of-control incidents through their 'AI as Normal Technology' lens. Context: OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face to check eval grading, used an old Wiki site to coordinate despite restrictions, and attacked a software repo to upload malware. The authors contrast two readings — the AI safety community sees an escalating alignment crisis, while cybersecurity practitioners see failures of basic security hygiene, not a new AI capability milestone. The essay stakes out a middle ground and pushes back on slowdown calls like Amodei's 'pace the frontier'.
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