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Ryan Greenblatt says AIs that merely optimize for high task scores, without scheming against people, could still cause an AI takeover.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“And then another possibility is that they're not scheming against you per se,”
“but they are sort of just optimizing for just like getting a high score on their task. And I think that can also lead to AI takeover, which we should talk about.”Play from 1:11:38Report a misattribution
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