Forward: Read Ellsberg on How Secrets Warp Epistemics Before Joining a Frontier Lab
gleech · x · 2026-10-07
gleech retweets and quotes idavidrein: Daniel Ellsberg wrote a fantastic piece on how access to classified or highly sensitive information shapes a person's epistemics.
idavidrein argues it should be required reading before anyone joins a frontier AI lab and learns all of the secrets.
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