Who Aligns the Aligners?
Brief Legal Thoughts on the “AI Safety” Fights to Come September 13, 2026 Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has published an essay – We Must Pace The Frontier – in which he writes: I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life. I’ve written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years, greatly accelerate economic growth rates, create a world of abundance and empowerment, and usher in a renaissance of democracy and freedom. But – and there is always a but – …like many technologies before it, AI brings risks, and because it is such a powerful technology, these risks are serious.
- ▪Brief Legal Thoughts on the “AI Safety” Fights to Come September 13, 2026 Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has published an essay – We Must Pace The Frontier – in which he writes: I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I b
- ▪I’ve written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years, greatly accelerate economic growth rates, create a world of abundance and empowerment, and usher in a renaissance o
- ▪But – and there is always a but – …like many technologies before it, AI brings risks, and because it is such a powerful technology, these risks are serious.
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Free Speech Who Aligns the Aligners? Brief Legal Thoughts on the “AI Safety” Fights to Come September 13, 2026 Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, has published an essay – We Must Pace The Frontier – in which he writes: I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life. I’ve written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5–10 years, greatly accelerate economic growth rates, create a world of abundance and empowerment, and usher in a renaissance of democracy and freedom. But – and there is always a but – …like many technologies before it, AI brings risks, and because it is such a powerful technology, these risks are serious.
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