Tech Twitter keeps being surprised that Anthropic employees fear extinction
menhguin · x · 2026-09-10
The author pokes fun at tech Twitter's suspicion that Anthropic employees genuinely worry about human extinction — pointing out this reveal happens "every 2 weeks" and has for years. A follow-up adds that the US public has been anti-AI for years, so claims that high impressions mean "psyops" don't hold up.
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