ControlAI's Connor Leahy: 'If we continue on this path, the default outcome is we don't make it'
notkilleveryoneist · reddit · 2026-10-31
Connor Leahy, US Director of ControlAI (and Conjecture founder), warns in a new video that humanity's default outcome is extinction if current AI development continues unchecked — a stark restatement of the control-alignment camp's position on frontier AI scaling.
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