AI ethicist claims AGI lab leaders all privately believe the risk but stay silent
danfaggella · x · 2026-11-04
AI ethicist Dan Faggella argues that AGI lab leaders privately acknowledge AGI risk but stay silent because admitting it first would make rival labs look like the good guys and themselves the villains. An accompanying chart breaks down why each group — lab executives and employees (arms-race logic, job fears), big tech leaders (enterprise sales), tech bros (conformity), and media/politicians/citizens (ignorance) — avoids discussing AGI risk, plus what would trigger each to finally talk.
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