ClaimsRay Kurzweil

“they’re putting a very substantial, I’d say it’s more than half into safety”

Ray Kurzweil, interviewee March 2025 Ray Kurzweil: 2022-2025 Updates (transcripts) (LifeArchitect.ai) archived copy

Factual AI safety and alignment

Kurzweil estimated that large companies producing the best large language models put more than half of their effort into safety.

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Share of company effort on safety is internal and not routinely published.

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Ray Kurzweil, “Kurzweil estimated that large companies producing the best large language models put more than half of their effort into safety.” (said March 2025). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_6461eca62fc6, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6461eca62fc6

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