AI safety reading list puts "AI as Normal Technology" front and center as the contrarian must-read
luke_drago_ · x · 2026-09-23
lukedrago details his fellowship's section on perspectives contra standard AI safety takes, spotlighting "AI as Normal Technology": AI progress and diffusion face real bottlenecks, its impacts are understandable even if transformative, and it is fundamentally governable. Fellows read it as evidence to weigh, not contrarianism to rebut. The thread also cites "Anarchy as Architect" by McInnes, Garfinkel, and Dafoe on technology shifting international competition equilibria.
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