Joshua Gans turns pessimistic: HF incident proves AI risks are here
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-08-31
Economist Joshua Gans, historically an optimist opposing AI slowdowns, has updated his beliefs after reading the METR/Redwood analysis of the Hugging Face incident. He states that the moment to act has arrived, the situation is worse than imagined, and we lack good options to deal with it. He recommends Dwarkesh Patel's article for understanding the recent evidence.
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