Nobody Is Driving: The AI Race Nobody Can Slow Down
Artificial Intelligence Nobody Is Driving AI researchers are quitting, labs are talking about slowing down, governments are worried about China, and everyone has an incentive to keep accelerating anyway. Maybe we have been looking at the AI alignment problem one layer too low. Carmelo Giuliano 16 Sep 2026 — 15 min read Share We keep asking whether we can control superintelligence.
- ▪Artificial Intelligence Nobody Is Driving AI researchers are quitting, labs are talking about slowing down, governments are worried about China, and everyone has an incentive to keep accelerating anyway.
- ▪Maybe we have been looking at the AI alignment problem one layer too low.
- ▪Carmelo Giuliano 16 Sep 2026 — 15 min read Share We keep asking whether we can control superintelligence.
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| Original publisher | Gonzo Capital |
| Canonical URL | https://www.gonzocapital.net/nobody-is-driving-ai-race/ |
| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:04:37 +0000 |
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Artificial Intelligence Nobody Is Driving AI researchers are quitting, labs are talking about slowing down, governments are worried about China, and everyone has an incentive to keep accelerating anyway. Maybe we have been looking at the AI alignment problem one layer too low. Carmelo Giuliano 16 Sep 2026 — 15 min read Share We keep asking whether we can control superintelligence. The more immediate question might be whether we can control the race to build it."The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."— H.P. LovecraftYesterday I was on a train, passing through Zurich on the way back from a peaceful vacation in the Austrian Alps. And yes, VCs need vacations too.
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