Why AI Researchers Who Believe in Extinction Risk Stay on the Job

Jasmine Sun and researcher daniel271828 outlined why many AI researchers who believe AI poses a real extinction risk keep working in labs, citing reasons such as technological determinism—someone will build ASI anyway, so better it be done safely.

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