Nathan Young wraps up Discourse: rogue agents, EA, and what China wants
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-19
NathanpmYoung summarizes his final-day Discourse exchanges: he still considers the Hugging Face incident rogue-agent behavior since OpenAI never intended or instructed it; argues EA is no more a cult than most movements, just better funded, more vegan and more poly; and concedes AI pace has disappointed though concern is broad and regulation thin. He also raises open questions: what China actually thinks (likely no bilateral deal, but reasons to slow down) and what concrete AI pacing proposals — chip limits, R&D caps, inference/training splits — would look like.
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