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AI control means having mechanisms that prevent an AI from carrying out harmful actions, even if the AI is misaligned and intends to do them.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sept 2026
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“You know, and then control means that even if it wasn't aligned,”
“even if it was trying to do very bad things that we didn't want it to do,”
“it couldn't. We like have mechanisms in place to prevent it. So sort of analogous to like, you know, you can imagine sort of a company with employees,”Play from 1:00:47Report a misattribution
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