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AI safety researcher and former Google DeepMind research scientist.
Right now, leading labs are pouring vast computing resources into training systems without knowing exactly what will emerge. Will they be trustworthy? What capabilities will they have? No one really knows. We're crossing our fingers and hoping they'll be aligned. [...] If we slow frontier progress slightly, AI development will still move quickly, but scientists will gain the time needed to solve these safety challenges.
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Alex Turner, NDTV World Summit 2026 live coverage, last updated October 24, 2026. Turner said leading frontier labs are training systems without knowing what will emerge or whether they will be aligned, and said that a slight slowdown would give scientists time to solve these safety challenges.
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Disputed NDTV’s live page timestamps Turner’s quoted remarks 23 October 2026, not the stored 24 October; the text and attribution are otherwise present. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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