e/acc figure rails against AI doomerism: 70% extinction estimate is pseudoscience
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-10
beffjezos, a prominent e/acc voice, quotes a critique of AI researcher Turner's dissertation, which claims a 70% chance of human extinction from AI without elaborating. He calls AI Safetyism/doomerism pseudoscience, arguing such estimates are baseless and get amplified because they serve power-hungry narratives seeking control.
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