AI engineer quits citing 10% extinction risk; peers agree but the race won't stop
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-09
A viral post: an AI engineer quit warning of a 10% chance AI kills us all within 10 years, and serious field insiders agreed—yet nobody will stop the race for fear others build it first. Igor Carron quotes it, calling it theater: sincere people, but not oracles.
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