If superhuman AI researchers are imminent, will capability problems be easier than safety ones?
ronbodkin · x · 2026-11-12
Ron Bodkin poses a pointed question to those who believe a superhuman AI researcher is imminent: would it be easier to solve fuzzy capability research problems than fuzzy safety research problems? The question challenges a common assumption in AI-accelerated research discourse that capability breakthroughs will come first, highlighting that the relative tractability of safety vs capability research is rarely examined directly.
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