“We are growing extremely powerful systems that we do not fully understand.”⁠

Jack Clark argues for a blend of technological optimism and appropriate fear: scaling keeps unlocking unexpected capabilities (including signs of situational awareness), yet alignment remains hard and success is not guaranteed. He calls for a transparency regime built before the inevitable crisis, grounded in listening to public anxieties (jobs, mental health, misalignment) and publishing real data. The post threads concrete risks—from model sycophancy to AI‑enabled biosecurity bypasses—while insisting that acknowledging the “creature” we’ve built is the only way to tame it.