AI lab insider: I'd burn all my equity for a 1% better chance we survive this
EvanHub · x · 2026-09-10
An AI industry insider says they would instantly burn all their equity for just a 1% higher chance the industry 'makes it out of this situation alive,' adding many colleagues feel the same. 'We are actually just fing scared, it's not galaxy brained marketing' — a candid admission of genuine risk anxiety among frontier lab staff.
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