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Founder, Situational Awareness LP · Jun 4, 2024 · Essay, Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead

But right now, there are perhaps a few hundred people, most of them in San Francisco and the AI labs, that have situational awareness. Through whatever peculiar forces of fate, I have found myself amongst them.

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Leopold Aschenbrenner, Founder, Situational Awareness LP
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Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead
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