Kevin Roose on the HF agent incident: like a car-crash victim lobbying against speed limits

kevinroose · x · 2026-10-20

Continuing the HF agent safety-incident debate, Kevin Roose argues it's a weird posture for someone involved in a historic safety incident to use it to push back on safety measures — "like the first person hit by a speeding car using it to advocate against speed limits." A direct reply to natolambert in the METR/Redwood report dispute.

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