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The speaker doubts that instrumental convergence holds strongly enough for the argument that AI systems will seek power to succeed.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“I don't believe that's really true,”
“but not in the way that they would need it to be in order for this argument to go through.”
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