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White House AI advisor Sriram Krishnan warns that open science and singularity-focused AI acceleration are becoming incompatible

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Sriram Krishnan, the White House AI advisor appointed by President Trump, posted on X that colleagues increasingly see open research norms clashing with beliefs in an accelerating path to AI singularity, and he argues the West must keep research, compute, and ideas openly distributed unless extraordinary evidence proves otherwise.

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Garry Tan@garrytan#266inAI

Open access to innovation must be protected

Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

just to state the obvious: think there's a collison course between those who believe research and science should be open and those who believe we are in an accelerating singularity curve.

I have many smart friends who have believed both for a while but seeing more and more their realization that these beliefs will be in conflict.

I for one believe that America and the west needs open and distributed access to research and computation and sharing of ideas at all times.

3:48 AM · Jun 10, 2026 · 16K Views
Policy Risk

Distributed Access Remains the Default Stance

Krishnan frames open science as the historical Western baseline and rejects the idea that 'this time it is different' as justification for restricting access, leaving the burden on anyone proposing limits.

Open Question

No External Confirmation Yet on the Tension

The warning appears only in Krishnan's June 10 posts and replies, with no linked policy documents, administration statements, or corroborating coverage available at the time of the snapshot.

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Positive users endorse open access to AI research for advancing transparency and free markets, while negative users dismiss the idea as socialist or elitist ivory-tower thinking.

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Yann LeCun@ylecun

@sriramk We've been colliding head-on repeatedly for several years now.

Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

just to state the obvious: think there's a collison course between those who believe research and science should be open and those who believe we are in an accelerating singularity curve.

I have many smart friends who have believed both for a while but seeing more and more their realization that these beliefs will be in conflict.

I for one believe that America and the west needs open and distributed access to research and computation and sharing of ideas at all times.

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@garrytan democratization of access to tech and research has been the heart of Silicon Valley forever.

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@kzitouni1 I refuse to believe a small set of people however well meaning are safer than broad academic scrutiny.

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Bojan Tunguz@tunguz

@sriramk @franciscojarceo Thank you for saying that.

Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

just to state the obvious: think there's a collison course between those who believe research and science should be open and those who believe we are in an accelerating singularity curve.

I have many smart friends who have believed both for a while but seeing more and more their realization that these beliefs will be in conflict.

I for one believe that America and the west needs open and distributed access to research and computation and sharing of ideas at all times.

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@theHazarika I think the answer to that is having more science and research to make it serve everyone, not less.

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Vincent Weisser@vincentweisser

@sriramk 100% agree! thanks for your work pushing for this Srinam!! 🙏

Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

just to state the obvious: think there's a collison course between those who believe research and science should be open and those who believe we are in an accelerating singularity curve.

I have many smart friends who have believed both for a while but seeing more and more their realization that these beliefs will be in conflict.

I for one believe that America and the west needs open and distributed access to research and computation and sharing of ideas at all times.

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David Manheim@davidmanheim

@sriramk It sounds like you reject the notion that we are in an accelerating singularity curve? (Or is the argument that even if progress is accelerating, openness is sufficiently safe? Or that open progress justifies some safety tradeoff?)

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@tunguz @franciscojarceo I grew up on open source, it and open access to computing and research is why my entire career exists.

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@davidmanheim the second statement is closest to my world view. I believe in Linus's Law. If we *are* in a singularity, I want as many smart people in the west to be involved in research on this as possible.

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Malay Hazarika@theHazarika

@sriramk How worried are you about recursive self improvement?

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Nathan Lands@NathanLands

@sriramk @MishaLaskin 100% agree

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@davidmanheim think the baseline for history is: open science leads to good outcomes. if this is different, there needs to extraordinary empirical evidence to overcome what is a fundamental value of the west.

"this time it is different" is not good enough.

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David Manheim@davidmanheim

@sriramk That's defensible as a predictive position, but the details are critical.

And given the uncertainty about risks, def/acc and promoting differential tech development seems more prudent than absolutism about openness, even when prioritizing progress.

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@ylecun Yes. And open research and science needs to prevail.

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Sriram Krishnan@sriramk

@AWar1586398 They are not obviously

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Karim Zitouni@kzitouni1

@sriramk if you ask me, closed systems can be safer but they often slow innovation.

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David Manheim@davidmanheim

@sriramk Absolutely agree that this time is different is insufficient as justification, but if setting the bar at "extraordinary empirical evidence" can go too far; if it means insisting on waiting until large scale risks are realized, it's unreasonably high.

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A War@AWar1586398

@sriramk Those are mutually exclusive issues.

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Olivia P. Walker@olivia_p_walker

@sriramk @grok, break down this post for me.

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Zain Pasha@zainpasha

@sriramk Publicly funded research and science is a public good. Beyond the obvious benefits of sharing knowledge, open science creates accountability amd validation.

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