Comment by Andrew Leigh

Australian federal parliamentarian and economist.
The core of the AI danger is the alignment problem. A sufficiently capable system need not be malicious to be dangerous. It need only pursue an objective that diverges from what humans actually want, and do so with enough competence and autonomy that correction arrives too late.
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AI Verified The passage describes uncontrolled capable AI and alignment failure as potentially catastrophic to humanity, directly supporting existential-risk concern. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The alignment-danger passage presents advanced AI as a catastrophic human-extinction risk, matching for. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Andrew Leigh's 21 May 2026 published speech contains this exact passage. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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