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AI systems should be understood as something between airplanes and humans, since it can no longer be assumed they lack humanlike motivations.

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open-ended compiled from Scott Alexander’s public statements · first recorded here 1 Sept 2026

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1 Sept 2026

Scott Alexander quoted

Their wordsRather than treat AI as similar to airplanes, we should treat it as something between airplanes and humans. We don’t know exactly where on this spectrum they will land, but we can no longer be certain that AI will lack any given humanlike motivation.

↗Nicholas Decker In Hellastralcodexten.com

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