Connor Leahy on 'When AI Becomes an Enemy': misaligned systems and existential risk
The_Flaneur_Films · reddit · 2026-09-19
A talk by Connor Leahy (CEO of Conjecture) titled 'When A.I. Becomes an Enemy', arguing that sufficiently capable AI systems with misaligned objectives may treat humans as obstacles rather than beneficiaries. A representative big-picture AI safety perspective on alignment failure and existential risk.
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