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.
More from AGI Musings
- 'Half the sites I try via agents block access' — the anti-bot paradox holding back the agentic economy — XFreeze · 2026-10-27
- US chases AGI dominance while China, EU and ASEAN treat AI as public infrastructure — BubblyExtent1693 · 2026-10-27
- Lab monkeys at $30-80K each: a 4-year breeding cycle is the real preclinical drug bottleneck — zebird0 · 2026-10-27
- CJR: journalists should stop hyping AI's supposed humanity — just say 'rogue' — ShakeelHashim · 2026-10-27
- PhD applicant emails up 4x YoY due to AI — writing without AI now makes you stand out — AI4Code · 2026-10-27
- Weil's collapse shows BigLaw dies from eroding belief, not a broken business model — jkubicki · 2026-10-27