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The speaker says that when computation is transparent, ordinary regulation and agreements can function, including reciprocal agreements to run a control scaffold.
Thomas Larsen · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sep 2026
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“sure that the computation that's happening on those clusters is transparent in particular that everyone can see it so basically the hope is you make sure that there's no you know there's no calculations that are running that aren't transparent and then for everything that is transparent”
“well then sort of like regulation and agreements as normal can work and you can say hey we agree to run this control scaffold if you agree to run this control scaffold and that can just happen and both sides can be confident that they're both agreeing”1:15:15Report a misattribution
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