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The speaker doubts that AI systems' vaguely prosocial statements necessarily come from a mind that has independently evaluated the alignment situation and concluded that development should stop.
Dwarkesh Patel · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“than like I feel like they just kind of say vaguely pro-social things and I'm not like is this it's not it doesn't feel like there's necessarily a mind on the other end who's like okay I have like strictly evaluated the alignment situation right now and I think we should stop rather than”Play from 1:46:12Report a misattribution
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