AI Safety Researcher Slams Altman's Superintelligence Inevitability as Reckless
davidmanheim · x · 2026-07-31
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously claimed that unless humanity destroys itself first, superhuman AI, genetic enhancement, and brain-machine interfaces are inevitable.
In response, AI safety researcher David Manheim sharply criticized this stance. He compared Altman's fatalism to an engineer driving a train toward a crowd who refuses to use the brakes—while simultaneously fueling the train—satirizing AI companies that evade safety responsibilities in their reckless pursuit of technological advancement.
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