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SPEAKER_01 worries that governments using fully compliant AI systems could lose the human-worker checks that can obstruct or expose villainous agendas, even when those agendas are legal.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“is pretty scary to get to a point where like all of the labor is on the like fiduciary side of the spectrum where like it doesn't whistle blow it does exactly what you say and whatever like our society is maybe just not robust to that where a central example might be the executive where like a concern that we might have is that if the executive if the U.S. executive or if other governments had access to AI systems which have the property of you know they do whatever”
“maybe you're in trouble because uh that means that they no longer have this sort of check and balance of like you have to actually get human like humans who are working for you to like implement your agenda and if the thing you're doing is like incredibly villainous um even if not illegal which there's lots of stuff that could be villainous but not illegal um you you know people would like there'd be various like um you know sand in the gears people stopping you and potentially someone would whistle blow”Play from 1:06:31Report a misattribution
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