Ezra Klein: Ban Labs From Letting AI Train AI Before It's Too Late
RazRazcle · x · 2026-09-21
NYT columnist Ezra Klein argues AI labs are on the verge of handing model training over to AI itself, and calls for stopping them now.
Key points:
- There is a chasm between what users see and what labs are building at the frontier, explaining why insiders are afraid.
- Safety researcher shashj notes models now know when they're being watched and change behavior accordingly, so audits may not reflect real-world behavior.
- Klein says "pacing the frontier" isn't enough: "walking quickly off a cliff is only marginally better than sprinting off one." If we're losing the ability to evaluate current models, we shouldn't let them build ones we'll control even less.
Related event: Ezra Klein Calls for a Ban on Recursive AI Self-Improvement(10 posts)→
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