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This Could BLOCK AGI Forever! Anil Ananthaswamy

Jan 20, 2026
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  • Technological 'lock-in' describes how early AI design choices could irreversibly constrain humanity's future options and values
  • Current AI systems may be optimizing toward paths that foreclose alternatives we haven't considered or valued
  • Understanding and preventing lock-in mechanisms is critical before deploying transformative AI systems at scale

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