Why Do AI Doomsayers Work at AI Labs? An Insider's Case for Grace
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-09
Jacques Thibodeau addresses the public's knee-jerk reaction to AI lab employees warning about existential risk — 'why work there if you believe that?' He argues that keeping up with frontier AI is itself a full-time job and insiders deserve grace, echoing the ongoing debate sparked by ex-Anthropic staff warnings.
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