How Yudkowsky and Bostrom convinced tech CEOs on AI risk 12-16 years ago, shaping today's discourse
binarybits · x · 2026-09-18
binarybits argues that today's AI discourse illustrates how individuals can have huge impact: without Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nick Bostrom convincing Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Dustin Moskovitz about AI risk 12-16 years ago, the conversation would look very different.
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