AI catastrophic risk may occur before labor automation capability because misaligned or misused AI could cause damage at lower capability levels than needed to automate all human work, making the focus on labor automation metrics potentially misplaced for safety concerns.

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Sarah Hastings Woodhouse

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It seems like it could do that before it can like automate everyone's, you know, corporate 9 to 5

Source

AI Timelines and Human Psychology (with Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse)Future of Life Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:16:09 AM

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