OpenAI recursive self-improvement researcher warns 70% extinction risk within 3 years, sparking slowdown debate
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-11
Polymarket quotes an OpenAI recursive self-improvement researcher warning of a 70% chance of "human extinction" within 3 years absent a coordinated slowdown across labs.
Dave Shapiro pushed back, noting the doomers' six-month pause demand years ago never happened and nothing went wrong, calling such warnings attention-seeking. The thread captures the latest accelerationist-vs-slowdown clash in AI safety discourse.
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