Blogger says Ajeya and other AI safety researchers predicted the event with uncanny accuracy
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-09-04
- A spat over AI doomerism: Jon Stokes argues a viral speaker publicly believes in imminent ASI doomsday and aims to scare people into halting AI development.
- Garrison Lovely counters that Ajeya Conra and other AI safety researchers predicted the event with uncanny accuracy, citing his own interviews.
- His point: listen to those who called the shot, not those explaining it away — a window into the AI safety community's internal debate over doom warnings vs fearmongering.
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