OpenAI board member Paul Christiano sees 'material risk' of AI takeover in 6-12 months
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-11-11
Paul Christiano, OpenAI board member and co-inventor of RLHF, warned at The Hinton Lectures: there is a "material risk of AI takeover in the next 6-12 months," and we are seeing roughly the signs expected shortly before something really bad happens. Even with realistic policy responses the risk remains exceptionally high; building AGI as fast and easily as possible makes the odds "more like a coin flip" within 3 years. He sits on OpenAI's safety and security committee and led the US government's AI safety agency (now CAISSI) from 2024-2026.
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