AI Safety Worker: People Are Surprised I Believe in X-Risk While Staying Calm
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-23
An AI safety practitioner shares a common reaction: 'How are you so calm and chill?' when he explains his work. Replying to Andy Masley, he argues you can genuinely believe in AI x-risk while having low neuroticism—noting that people almost want safety researchers to be absurdly anxious about it.
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