NatPurser: short AI timelines may be spurring less rigorous policy ideas
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-10-29
NatPurser describes a state of "terrible ambivalence": he worries that short AI timelines are spurring less rigorous and lower-quality policy ideas, yet is equally frustrated by how many AI policy proposals show no sense of urgency at all — two concerns that coexist and capture a core tension in AI governance debates.
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