Matt Yglesias sparks debate: why is superintelligent AI different from a dangerous superintelligent human?
AndyMasley · x · 2026-09-17
Matt Yglesias reposts and responds to an argument that a superintelligent human capable of cloning and recursive self-improvement would be dangerous—so would superintelligent aliens—and asks why AI is treated differently. A commenter counters that genuine alignment is simply a model doing what it says, the same way we judge humans by results. A debate on the special nature of AI risk.
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