AI safety researcher on inauthentic comms: saying important things in unimportant tones
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-09-24
Geoffrey Irving reflects on why AI safety discussions can seem inauthentic — 'if you really believed that, how can you talk about extinction via jokes or platitudes?' He calls out templated AI lab comms as the worst case, and admits he's been trying to notice when he says an important thing in an unimportant tone, then say it again the right way.
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