Ex-Googler's dark take: being killed by a Chinese model feels more dignified
moultano · x · 2026-09-11
Former Google engineer moultano responds to the "it doesn't matter which frontier model kills you" AI-risk framing with dark irony: he'd prefer a Chinese model, since it leaves less he could have done — implicitly, a US model killing him would mean he could have acted to prevent it.
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