AI Safety Debate: Are Disappearing Messages Actually a Transparency Problem?
trevposts · x · 2026-09-23
A debate over AI safety transparency norms: critics likened disappearing Signal messages to FTX-style secrecy, but trevposts pushes back, arguing members of Congress hold private meetings all the time and full transparency would make them less informed—fewer dumb questions, more scrutiny overhead. He contends AI safety is already more transparent than industry norms (and the law) require, noting 'everyone in DC uses disappearing signal messages,' and that the logic generalizes to other forms of mandated transparency.
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