Sebastian Galiani on Artificial Intelligence

Statements and actions by Sebastian Galiani on this topic.

Public disputes concerning artificial intelligence, including its development, uses, safety, governance, effects on creative work, and role in research.

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1 statement on this page. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 9, 2026

Sebastian Galiani
Role at the time: Economist; Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Economics at Tulane University according to his personal academic site.
September 9, 2026Mixed or conditional
Responding to
Is Anthropic acting responsibly while advancing toward recursive self-improvement?
"if there is even some probability of a catastrophic outcome, who decided that we should take that risk?"
Why we used this label
Criticizes governance of collective risk while conceding uncertain probabilities and benefits from current AI.
Sebastian Galiani on Coxon’s warning and the frontier AI safety debate (opens in a new tab)

- Sebastian Galiani

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