Dan Jeffries calls AI doomerism 'mass hysteria', citing Waymo's 94% fewer serious crashes
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-09-05
Dan Jeffries published a long-form critique of AI doomerism:
- Risk asymmetry: Road crashes kill 1.2M people yearly, yet AI — arguably one of the safest technologies ever deployed — triggers more apocalyptic thinking than any tech in history.
- Waymo data: 94% fewer serious-injury-or-worse crashes than humans across 220 million autonomous miles, yet every incident dominates headlines.
- Against precautionists: Demanding proof nothing can go wrong before deployment is, in his words, "societal level mass hysteria".
- The cost: A generation demanding perfection will watch bolder civilizations out-compete them.
A sharp opinion piece in the ongoing AGI risk debate.
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