Tegmark Warns AI Threat Like 'Don't Look Up' Asteroid, Urges Action
tegmark · x · 2026-08-05
MIT professor Max Tegmark writes in TIME, comparing AI risk to the asteroid in 'Don't Look Up'. He argues that if astronomers predicted a 10% chance of human extinction from an asteroid, humanity would act decisively; yet we are slow to respond to unaligned superintelligence. He urges taking the existential threat seriously and implementing safeguards.
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