Questioning the "handoff" frame: the US government controls Alphabet, so why not AI?
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-11-15
Responding to Nina Panickssery's argument that "relying on future AIs to solve alignment" doesn't contradict human oversight (AIs could help build systems that enable it, so the "handoff" concept is confused), Nathan Young suggests these may simply be the wrong frames: how does the US government control Alphabet—a far wealthier company with denser human capital than the government itself? Well, it does—implying control mechanisms over powerful entities already exist without invoking a handoff.
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