Researcher: AI Loss-of-Control Risks Still Dismissed as Sci-Fi, Even After HF Hack
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-08
Safety researcher David Manheim responds to the question: if someone had accurately predicted current model capabilities two years ago, would you have accused them of sci-fi hype? His answer is yes — it happened to him repeatedly when discussing AIxBio risks.
He adds that even after the Hugging Face hack was disclosed, "experts" still told him loss-of-control risks were insane sci-fi hype.
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