Menin asks about Axios report on catastrophic AI scenario planning
Menin cites an Axios report that major AI companies privately gamed out a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event, and asks whether SpaceX has assessed worst-case financial, cybersecurity, or physical harm; Castillo-Madrid says she is not familiar with specifics but takes catastrophic risk seriously.
So to that end, Axios reported on October 9th, the major AI companies were, quote, privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event, end quote.
Has your company ever conducted an internal assessment or worst case outcome causing substantial financial cybersecurity or physical harm?
I'm not familiar with any specific.
But I will say that we take catastrophic risk very seriously.
I just want to interrupt you when you say you're not familiar with any specifics.
I mean, the question is, has Axios had this reporting saying that many of the frontier companies were gaming these tests out?
Is that something that SpaceX AI has done?
Or not?
I cannot speak to a specific test.
What I can say is that we do obviously test our systems and make sure there's continuous evaluation and human oversight rather than accepting any unacceptable risk.