Explaining AI extinction risks is maddening when critics demand specifics
gayestgaymer1 · x · 2026-08-23
A discussion on AI safety highlights the frustration of explaining how AI could lead to human extinction to people who insist on knowing exactly 'how it will go wrong'. The argument is that broad deployment implies that anything that can go wrong eventually will, making specific scenario prediction irrelevant.
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