Anti-AI-Safety Take Now Backs Bioterrorism Worries While Mocking Sci-Fi Risks
hlntnr · x · 2026-09-06
Caleb Watney mocks the shifting rhetoric of the anti-AI-safety camp: dismiss "crazy sci-fi risks," yet insist we should only care about near-term issues like AI-enabled bioterrorism and cyber hacking. The post highlights the internal contradiction in how some critics frame AI risk debates.
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