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Scott Alexander's "Against SURA" essay challenges AI safety's anti-race consensus

Scott Alexander publishes "Against SURA" essay

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The essay distinguishes "Plan A" (a global pause on AI development) from "Plan C" (alignment-pilled labs racing to a lead, then burning that lead on alignment research before rivals catch up), and argues the community has swung too far toward treating only Plan A as ethical.

Scott Alexander publishes "Against SURA" essay
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“I'll lump these ideas together under the heading of "SURA" - the idea that the only ethical course is for people/companies/countries to Stop Unilaterally + Raise…”

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Scott Alexander Author of the "Against SURA" essayBoaz Barak AI researcher reacting on XAI Futures Project Group whose Plan A/B/C/D framework the essay builds on

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