Safety Researcher: AI May Not Go Extinction-Level, But Could Still Ruin the Internet
round · x · 2026-09-10
Alexandr Wang offers a middle-ground view on AI risk: instead of an extinction-level catastrophe, AI might become a "merely horrible" problem — killing the internet, making people miserable and illiterate, and degrading culture on a global scale. The takeaway: gradual societal and cultural damage deserves as much attention as dramatic doomsday scenarios.
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