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Ryan Greenblatt says the current AI evaluation-and-correction feedback loop breaks down when AIs are extremely capable and situationally aware and humans cannot understand their behavior.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“But in a regime where the AIs are extremely situationally aware,”
“very, very, very capable,”
“we don't necessarily understand what they're doing,”
“this feedback loop breaks down.”Play from 1:13:06Report a misattribution
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