AI safety debate: skeptics demand a doom scenario that doesn't read like sci-fi
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-10
AI researcher Robert Miles poked fun at a recurring weakness in AI doom discourse: those demanding people take extinction-level AI risk seriously struggle to give one specific, detailed killing-everyone story that doesn't sound like science fiction. The post was amplified by Miles Brundage, OpenAI's former head of policy, underscoring the ongoing split within the AI safety community between those who want concrete mechanisms and those who argue the risk alone justifies precaution.
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