Anna Salamon floats taking down the Internet if AI hardware bugs prove severe
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-24
- MIRI's Anna Salamon and jdpressman debate a worst-case: severe, unfixable hardware-level bugs tied to AI.
- Salamon says OpenAI appears to claim it found hardware bugs that could be a huge problem to fix; if enough severe ones emerge, "we'll probably have to take down the Internet."
- jdpressman analogizes to JavaScript — browsers casually execute sandboxed code, and a structurally insecure JavaScript would mean giving up the web; if flaws were timing attacks making server safety unverifiable, things would need to go offline until new hardware is in place.
- Speculative safety debate, not a confirmed incident.
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