There is no 'proof of safety' for superintelligence, and everything else is theater
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-21
Responding to an argument that a possible safe path for AI should dispel x-risk fears, ctjlewis argues there can be no 'proof of safety' for a superintelligent being: nobody can offer the guarantees you want, and everything else is theater — a sharp illustration of the divide between provable-safety optimism and irreducible-risk realism in AI safety debates.
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