gfodor points out the asymmetric burden of proof in AI risk debates
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-09-11
Investor Gergely Fodor highlights an asymmetry in AI safety debates: nobody demands you explain how today's AI will solve a Millennium Problem, yet people expect you to explain how tomorrow's AI would kill people. His point: you don't need a working mechanism to claim a risk is achievable for a given AI — a double standard that shapes much of the AI risk discourse.
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