Researchers Push Back on Mockery of AI Extinction Concerns
Frontier lab researcher Elie Bakouch called the comparison of AI extinction worries to "asking an AC technician about climate change" strange and unnecessary, earning support from alignment leads at multiple labs. He argued AI risk discussion suffers from severe information asymmetry.
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