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The speaker says control can be assessed by testing whether AIs, AI-assisted humans, or humans simulating AIs can escape their constraints.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“And then, you know, and then sort of like we sort of have this ability to measure it by just seeing like,”
“can the AI succeed? Can the AI augmented with humans succeed?”
“can humans playing the role of AIs sort of succeed at getting out?”Play from 1:03:12Report a misattribution
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