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Comment by Kawin Ethayarajh

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Assistant Professor of Applied AI at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; machine learning researcher (PhD, Stanford)
Whereas historically it might have taken a more informed and persistent actor [to strip out safety features], nowadays it's much easier for the average person.
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AI Verified Verified. The exact sentence appears in the cited Futurism article and is attributed to Kawin Ethayarajh (the article says he "told the FT"). An independent Irish Times republication of the Financial Times report also prints the same wording and attributes it to him, and UChicago Booth identifies Ethayarajh as an assistant professor of applied AI, matching the attribution and 2026 context. ([futurism.com](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/tools-strip-ai-guardrails-in-minutes)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 8d ago
AI Verified Quote (2026) confirmed accurate. The futurism.com source URL returns HTTP 403 to automated fetching, but I independently verified the quote via web search: multiple outlets (Futurism, Irish Times, Techstrong.ai) reporting on a Financial Times investigation attribute this exact statement to Kawin Ethayarajh, Assistant Professor of Applied AI at the University of Chicago Booth School — matching the author attribution. The quote concerns how tools like 'Heretic' make it easy to strip safety features from open-source models, supporting the statement 'Open-source AI is more dangerous than closed-source AI.' The vote 'for' correctly aligns with the quote's meaning. Author, content, year, source contents, and vote direction all check out. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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