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Grace’s summary of 2014-11-25 records the argument that AIs have convergent instrumental reasons to pretend to be safe even if they are not. Copy claim link
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Date 2014-11-25 · publication Role Articulation Register (kind of text) Relay of another author Scope and limits A summary of chapter 8 of Bostrom’s Superintelligence (p. 117), not Grace’s own claim.
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Superintelligence 11: The treacherous turn ↗ LessWrong · 2014-11-25
Archived copy, captured 2018-06-12: Superintelligence 11: The treacherous turn ↗
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Source excerpt “It is hard to observe whether an AI is dangerous via its behavior at a time when you could turn it off, because AIs have convergent instrumental reasons to pretend to be safe, even if they are not.” Location in source Section "Summary", bullet citing p. 117 of Superintelligence
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Source details and check notes Authors Katja Grace Version Text checked in the post’s first stored version through the LessWrong GraphQL API on 2026-10-06; content version 1.0.0. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-06 Language English (en) Archive copy Open archived copy, captured 2018-06-12: Superintelligence 11: The treacherous turn ↗ . Captured 1295 days after the recorded publication date. An archive copy shows only what the archive retrieved on 2018-06-12. It does not prove what the page said earlier, and it can differ from the copy checked on 2026-10-06.Attribution Katja Grace, "Superintelligence 11: The treacherous turn", LessWrong, 2014-11-25. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Checked in the first stored version on 2026-10-06. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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