Viral jab: researcher who says AI has 90% extinction odds is building eval datasets
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-05
A widely shared post mocks a perceived contradiction in AI safety circles: someone who claims a 90% chance AI wipes out all life on earth plans to spend their final days building eval datasets at a non-profit in Berkeley, CA.
The tweet's punchline feeds an ongoing debate about how seriously those who profess AGI-level risk actually act on their beliefs.
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