Researcher Mocks AI Labs: Racing China While Leaking New Algorithms via Bad Opsec
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-18
AI safety researcher nablatheta posted a sarcastic take on the industry's race narrative: labs push to "go faster to beat China," yet their novel algorithmic improvements accidentally leak to China anyway through poor operational security — "it's not clear what kind of move we were trying to do."
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