'AI Safety Has Killed More People Than AI': Accelerationists and Safetyists Clash
curious_vii · x · 2026-09-10
A viral exchange captures the escalating war between AI accelerationists and safetyists: one post claims 'AI Safety has killed more people than AI,' while a quoted critic slams industry figures for flippantly tweeting about extinction-level scenarios like 'kill all humans,' calling it morally deformed consequentialism deserving zero tolerance.
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