Miles Brundage: Dwarkesh and Others Have Pushed This Idea for Years
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-10-30
Former OpenAI safety lead Miles Brundage notes that Dwarkesh Patel and many others have been pushing the idea of power-seeking AI (the caro/LBJ framing) for years online, in a thread referencing Geoffrey Irving's blog post from 7 years ago imagining a power-seeking LBJ-like AI.
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