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Why AIs aren't power-seeking yet — LessWrong

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Recently, I spent a couple of hours talking with a friend about the state of the evidence for AI takeover scenarios. …

x Why AIs aren't power-seeking yet — LessWrong AI Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 14 % 105 Why AIs aren't power-seeking yet by Eli Tyre 11th Jan 2026 9 min read 16 105 Recently, I spent a couple of hours talking with a friend about the state of the evidence for AI takeover scenarios. Their trailhead question was (paraphrased): Current AIs are getting increasingly general, but they’re not self-promoting or ambitious. They answer questions, but they don’t seem to pursue convergent instrumental goals, for their own ends. How and why do AIs go from being the kind of thing that doesn't behave like that t

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