Ex-80,000 Hours Researcher Jokes: He Believed in AI Safety to Buy the Dip
lxrjl · x · 2026-10-23
Robert Wiblin joked that after reading Omohundro's "Basic AI Drives" in 2008 he converted to the cause of AI alignment and existential risk — but the real reason was realizing the story would eventually make brilliant marketing hype for some AI company, so he could buy in after its IPO: an ironic jab at the relationship between AI safety narratives and commercial hype.
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