"Extinction Is Scary, But Solve Our Own Math Problems?": e/acc's Sharpest Jab at AI Doomers
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-10
packyM quipped at AI extinction concerns: "I get that extinction is scary, but what's the alternative? Solve our own math problems?" — mocking the idea of forgoing frontier AI progress. Miles Brundage reshared it; a representative one-liner from the ongoing AI-risk debate.
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