<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # In the conversation on AI safety, disruption and... > In the conversation on AI safety, disruption and catastrophe must be separated with stern discipline. The opposite of catastrophe is not stability; it is survivable transformation. Losing a livelihood can be catastrophic to an individual while remaining part of a beneficial transformation at civilizational scale. A transition can be survivable for a civilization and unsurvivable for a livelihood, and honest governance must hold both scales at once. **Source:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat.]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “In the conversation on AI safety, disruption and catastrophe must be separated with stern discipline. The opposite of catastrophe is not stability; it is survivable transformation. Losing a livelihood can be catastrophic to an individual while remaining part of a beneficial transformation at civilizational scale. A transition can be survivable for a civilization and unsurvivable for a livelihood, and honest governance must hold both scales at once.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-conversation-ai-safety-both-scales-once ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->