Ex-OpenAI policy lead Brundage: history shows crazy things happen, and many are in denial about AI
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-10-18
Miles Brundage, former OpenAI policy research lead, argues that reading history helps you realize it's often the world that is crazy, not you. He cites examples: colonists repeatedly defeated the British Empire, Hitler bamboozled many people, and humanity long had no idea about germs—showing that implausible events do happen. His conclusion: many people today are similarly in denial about AI.
More from AGI Musings
- Peter Diamandis: AI will make 9-month specialist waits unthinkable within a decade — PeterDiamandis · 2026-10-18
- AI vendors are invoicing today for breakthroughs that don't exist yet — DavidLinthicum · 2026-10-18
- Epic CEO Tim Sweeney: AI will enable games that budgets once killed, a new golden age — majidmanzarpour · 2026-10-18
- Gebru resurfaces TESCREAL paper arguing the AGI project is rooted in eugenics traditions — PolarBearby · 2026-10-18
- Keynes still has till 2030: AI could yet prove his 15-hour work week right — SamuelAlbanie · 2026-10-18
- Why AI researchers love Blindsight: consciousness as an evolutionary dead end — ShahabBakht · 2026-10-18