AI Researcher Mocks: AI Might Kill Everyone, But At Least The Math Proofs Are Great
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-08-02
AI policy and safety researcher Miles Brundage took to X to mock current AI safety debates. He wrote: "AI might kill everyone, but in the meantime we're going to have some really great proofs of upper bounds for spherical codes or something," satirizing the fact that while AI poses potential existential risks, its current applications are heavily focused on advancing highly niche academic research.
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