Matthew Tromp testifies at NYC Council AI hearing, drawing praise from AI safety circles
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-10-08
AI safety researcher Matthew Tromp testified at the New York City Council hearing on AI and published his testimony video. Safety-community accounts like ForHumanity Pod praised it as "exceptional" and "very well said," and Cambridge risk researcher David Krueger also amplified it.
The Council convened a rare Committee of the Whole hearing to examine AI risks, with multiple witnesses laying out concrete dangers of accelerated AI development.
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