The AI safety debate has a framing issue: nobody is actually arguing against safety
Summary
This Substack post argues the AI safety debate is misframed as a divide between defenders and critics, when really everyone wants safety but disagrees on who is protected, from what risks, and at what cost. It references Dario Amodei's declaration, Anthropic's moves, and calls for more intelligence and wisdom in the discussion.
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