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Daniel believes secrecy substantially reduces humanity's overall probability of success by increasing risks related to concentration of power, loss of control, and AI alignment.
Daniel Kokotajlo · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“Like, I think that secrecy is has got huge downsides for overall probability of success for humanity for both the concentration of power stuff and the loss of control and alignment issues stuff.”Play from 1:48:46Report a misattribution
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