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The speaker is concerned that adopting a fixed AI safety regulatory regime now may be premature because the relevant technology is uncertain even one year ahead, and much more so five or ten years ahead.
Dwarkesh Patel · 8 Predictions for the Era of Continual Learning · 7 Aug 2026
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“And this is one of the many reasons I'm actually kind of worried about locking in some kind of safety regulatory regime right now, because we don't know what kind of technology we're going to be dealing with, even within a year,”
“let alone within five years or 10 years.”Play from 1:19Report a misattribution
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