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Precautionary Principle
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This URL points to a Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on the Precautionary Principle, but the page currently returns a 404 error. The precautionary principle is a philosophical and policy framework relevant to decision-making under uncertainty, with applications to AI safety and existential risk governance.
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- •Page not found: the SEP entry on the Precautionary Principle does not currently exist at this URL.
- •The precautionary principle generally holds that when an action risks harm, precautionary measures should be taken even without complete scientific certainty.
- •This concept is relevant to AI safety discussions around acting under deep uncertainty and existential risk policy.
- •Current tags suggest this was intended to connect to mesa-optimization and inner-alignment topics, possibly via risk-under-uncertainty framing.
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