China's top AI safety scholar Zeng Yi urges 'bottom-line thinking' on frontier AI risk
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-02
Zeng Yi, professor at Renmin University of China's Gaoling School of AI and dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance, published an essay on guarding against frontier AI losing control. He frames the question as whether AI becomes clean hydropower for humanity or a hidden-risk "reactor" whose destructive power comes from intelligence itself. His key line: precisely because the consequences would be severe, China must adhere to "bottom-line thinking" and prevent risks before crisis, not react passively. Commenters read it as China getting increasingly "AI risk pilled."
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