LeCun amplifies skeptics: studying nonexistent AI extinction risk is like UFO propulsion research
ylecun · x · 2026-09-11
LeCun retweeted a double-hitter against AI extinction fears: Dan Jeffries argues you can't do serious research on an imaginary form of technology — like studying gravity-bending UFO propulsion — while @DFintelligence says a 2-hour review of the scientific literature on AI extinction risk found almost nothing beyond books, novels, and 'paperclip'-style thought experiments, and no plausible autonomous scenario without human intervention, challenging anyone to name three plausible scenarios of AI exterminating humanity unaided.
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