">10% extinction risk?" AI safety figures clash over doom-mongering
mertdumenci · x · 2026-09-09
NaderLikeLadder argues that anyone publicly assigning a >10% probability to human extinction within a decade owes a clear explanation of how they reached that number and what would change their mind, voicing disappointment at fear-mongering: "This tech wave needs adult chaperones." mertdumenci agrees, calling the position of leading alignment work at a company you believe might kill everyone "inexplicable without further elaboration."
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