Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Alan Chan (Senior research fellow, GovAI) talking, from an interview on The Cognitive Revolution published Oct 14, 2026.
What Alan Chan said
Why an AI takeover is much harder than the rogue-agent panic suggests
“Where I get off the train is I think takeover is a lot harder than maybe the literal statement suggests.”
Alan Chan1:11:20 Pace AI progress with concrete pause triggers, not a growth cap
“When we see those indicators, we should probably pause and try to figure out what went down before going forward again.”
Alan Chan1:48:46 The UK AISI incident happened because monitoring was left on a to-do list
“they actually had synchronous classification or monitoring as a to-do item, but they didn't actually get to that to-do item”
Alan Chan10:05
The episode
The Cognitive RevolutionGoverning AI Agents: Alan Chan of GovAI on Monitoring, Agent IDs, Rogue Agents & Preparing for RSI
Alan Chan · Research Fellow, GovAI
1:10:05of 2:17:48 · Oct 14
