Melanie Mitchell slams media coverage of 'evidence-free' >10% extinction risk claims
MelMitchell1 · x · 2026-09-11
Santa Fe Institute researcher Melanie Mitchell questioned why journalists treat the ">10% risk of human extinction" from AI as a novel claim worthy of expansive reporting, calling it an evidence-free assertion with nothing new behind it. She then traded remarks with Yann LeCun, suggesting the debate is far from settled and reigniting the fight over the scientific basis of extinction-risk estimates.
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