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The speaker says that handing the situation to capable, thoughtful, wise, and well-intentioned AIs may not by itself be sufficient to ensure a good outcome.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“there's like a bunch of ways that things could go wrong um and so i think that like i ultimately think it's plausible that we sort of nail each of the different sub problems that could cause us issues we have these ais we pass to them they manage the situation well um i should note that that's not in and of itself sufficient right so it's not very hard for me to imagine a situation where we pass off to ais these guys are really trying hard to do a good job they're really thoughtful they're really wise they like are have like you know reasonable epistemics they're like doing a great job”Play from 1:44:03Report a misattribution
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