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The speaker argues that continuous public visibility into AI activity, capability, and alignment would make it harder for a particular group to secretly control AI systems.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“if sort of society as a whole can see the whole time what's going on with ai um how smart they are who they're aligned to right like if let's say like an icu that was evil was trying to like”Play from 1:07:14Report a misattribution
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