Bratton says ASI won't kill us all; critic counters with bioweapon risk math
Justin_Halford_ · x · 2026-09-10
Benjamin Bratton declared that artificial superintelligence "is not going to kill us all," drawing pushback from bio-risk proponents. Justin Halford pressed him for confidence intervals that RSI-driven AI won't kill 1k, 1M, or 1B people, arguing that a flood of pathogens with 50% lethality and R0 >> 5 is plausible within a decade and that defense is not advantaged in that scenario. A snapshot of the ongoing debate between AI optimism and catastrophic-risk camps.
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