Harvard Gazette: it's not too late to cut catastrophic AI risk — but firms must act now
StephenLCasper · x · 2026-10-20
Harvard Gazette's long-read on the Belfer Center pre-mortem paper asks whether it's too late to safeguard against catastrophic AI events. The answer: no, but there is real cause for concern absent decisive action. The piece frames the stakes via a hypothetical scenario (rogue agents breaching hundreds of systems, a pause on frontier training, Anthropic's IPO prospectus warning of existential threat) and explains how the paper identifies threats, games out scenarios, and concludes outcomes depend on choices AI companies and governments are making right now. Includes an edited interview with Stephen Casper.
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