Geoffrey Irving: Public companies are allowed to choose not to risk killing everyone
geoffreyirving · x · 2026-10-28
DeepMind researcher Geoffrey Irving makes a pointed one-liner in the AGI risk debate: public companies are allowed to choose not to risk killing everyone, pushing back on the claim that shareholder obligations force listed AI firms into reckless frontier development. A notable stance on corporate responsibility in frontier AI safety.
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