Tony Feng Defends Levent Alpoge, Proposes Common Repository for AI Breakthrough Disclosures
tonylfeng · x · 2026-09-17
Mathematician Tony Feng defends Levent Alpoge against 'IPO advertising' attacks, arguing he faced an impossible position on disclosure timing. The real point, Feng says, is that powerful and dangerous capabilities are here. He proposes AI companies immediately drop all breakthroughs into a common repository so the community can process them soberly; volunteers are already building one.
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