Meta researcher backs Shane Legg's 'new utopianism' push for aspirational AI thinking
MartinSignoux · x · 2026-09-16
Martin Signoux (Meta) endorses Shane Legg and Stephen Cave's 'new utopianism': AI discourse focuses too much on risks and too little on what we want to go right — the technology is ours to steer.
Related event: DeepMind Launches Institute, Shane Legg Says Humanity Is Approaching AGI(21 posts)→
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