YC Hosts First Debate: Should Governments Slow Down AI Development?
ycombinator · x · 2026-11-10
Y Combinator is hosting its inaugural YC Debate on whether governments should intervene to slow AI development.
- Affirmative: Jacob Coxon (ex-Anthropic, OpenAI).
- Negative: Robin Hanson (George Mason University).
- Monday, Nov 16 at 6pm; invite required.
Organizers call safe AI development "one of the defining topics of our era."
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