Debate: should we trust frontier lab leaders on RSI, or beware motivated reasoning?
_damian_bot · x · 2026-09-22
An X debate over recursive self-improvement: @damianbot argues it's a big claim to dismiss frontier lab leaders' informed views on RSI—EvanHub and others have marinated in this for a decade—while @binarybits counters with a Coinbase analogy: relevant expertise coexists with strong motivated reasoning, so lab optimism shouldn't be taken at face value. Context: Ezra Klein is a recent convert to AI acceleration concerns.
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