Alignment can be the “Military-Grade Engineering” of AI - AE Studio
Not all that long ago, the idea of advanced AI in Washington, DC seemed like a nonstarter. Policymakers treated it as weird sci‐fi-esque overreach/just another Big Tech Thing. Yet, in our experience over the last month, recent high-profile developments—most notably, DeepSeek and the Stargate announcement—have shifted
Not all that long ago, the idea of advanced AI in Washington, DC seemed like a nonstarter. Policymakers treated it as weird sci‐fi-esque overreach/just another Big Tech Thing. Yet, in our experience over the last month, recent high-profile developments—most notably, DeepSeek and the Stargate announcement—have shifted the Overton window significantly. For the first time, DC policy circles are genuinely grappling with advanced AI as a concrete reality rather than a distant possibility. However, this newfound attention has also brought uncertainty: policymakers are actively searching for politica
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