TheZvi mocks AI safety grant reviews: real safety or capabilities work subsidizing labs?
TheZvi · x · 2026-09-18
In a greentext-style post, prominent AI safety commentator TheZvi pokes fun at another Lightcone Commons application about AI safety — questioning whether it actually helps or is capabilities work that subsidizes the labs, only to be told "it's a good application, sir, and will keep us safe," before self-mockingly noting you wouldn't be reading this if judged the other way.
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