17 September 2026 - AI safety 2
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What AI safety measures are called for? The first step should be to
enforce the laws we already have. OpenAI and Anthropic keep reporting
that their systems have gone out of control and broken into other
people's computers. We don't need a new law about that, it's already
criminal. In recent decades--at least since Dubya went out of
control--it's increasingly unfashionable to prosecute powerful
individuals like presidents and powerful organizations like OpenAI and
Anthropic. That pendulum needs to swing the other direction. It's the
only way to keep the clock ticking.