Hallucinations and errors in AI systems might actually provide an opportunity for regulation because visible failures could motivate governments to regulate AI, whereas the quiet misalignment scenario Kokotajlo predicts offers no moment where humans can learn from experience.
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Unidentified Speaker — Robot Plumbers, Robot Armies, and Our Imminent A.I. Future … [wNJJ9QUabkA]Evidence Quote
“Human beings are just really bad at regulating against problems that we haven't experienced in some big, profound way...maybe you should be rooting for a scenario where some version of hallucination happens and causes a disaster...And people are horrified and say, O.K, we have to regulate this thing.”
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Robot Plumbers, Robot Armies, and Our Imminent A.I. Future | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat— Interesting Times with Ross DouthatCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:00:36 AM
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