YC Paper Club hosts AI Safety night to ground the debate back in science
ycombinator · x · 2026-09-29
Y Combinator shared the next Paper Club event: AI Safety, October 7, 5-9pm in Mountain View.
- Organizers argue that since Coxon's public resignation, AI safety has dominated public discourse but the conversation has been "unscientific," invoking fear without analysis or structure.
- The event plans to invite researchers outside the EA community who have studied AI safety for decades (self-driving, airline pilot assistance) to restore rigor and standards to the debate, with an eye to safe deployment without government intervention.
- Speaker suggestions are welcome via DM; registration is open via a form.
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