Economist: AI won't go rogue, but it will be used to take down utilities and vindicate doomers
ModeledBehavior · x · 2026-09-05
Economist Adam Ozimek (ModeledBehavior) argues AI won't go rogue on its own, but will be used by humans to take down utilities for long enough, in enough places, that doomsayers will feel validated — shifting the risk framing from autonomous misalignment to malicious misuse of AI against critical infrastructure.
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