AI safety researcher: window to pace AI may be shorter than expected, urges government action
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-10
Wrapping up his ASI-timelines thread, AI safety researcher austinc3301 says he has always been fairly optimistic and still sees a good outcome in sight — but the window to act may be shorter than he thought, making the next year or two far more consequential.
On Anthropic's related report: he finds it "pretty scary," criticizes the lab for not matching words with action and for redacting too much information needed to make sense of it, and hopes the new Congress and the federal government move to pace AI in time.
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