Quote of the day by Geoffrey Hinton: "If we don't figure out how to make it safe, there's a real possibility it could destroy us"
THE SO WHAT
When someone at Hinton’s level keeps the existential risk window open, boards and regulators get political cover to demand real safety work, not just red-team slideware. If you’re deploying advanced models, assume your risk committee will eventually ask how your roadmap changes if the tail risks are non-zero instead of hypothetical.
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