Zvi: AI Labs Keep Underinvesting in 'Mundane Safety' Despite the Incentive
TheZvi · x · 2026-09-25
Asked whether labs building profitable, safe-enough products could still cause an industrial-accident-level failure, TheZvi responds that he has repeatedly argued labs underinvest in "mundane safety" for this reason alone — yet they keep underinvesting, the incentive doesn't work in practice, "we checked," and it doesn't translate to other risk concerns.
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