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"For Love of the Lightcone, Don’t Partisanize AI Safety" by DanB

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LessWrong (Curated & Popular)
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Sep 18, 2026
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Summary

(I began writing this post several weeks ago, but political events are moving much faster than I expected, so I am publishing now out of fear that otherwise the message will arrive too late to have an impact.) I In this post I want to explain a concept, and issue a warning based on it. But I expect the warning will be superfluous if my explanation is sufficient. If you want to convey the idea "the rattlesnake has venom in its fangs, so don't let it bite you", you won't need a hard sell...