AI may be too embedded in critical systems to ever slow down, researcher warns
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-11
In an X exchange, davidmanheim argues that Terminator-style takeover isn't his top concern. The real risk: AI is being integrated ever more deeply into critical systems, especially military development pipelines, eroding humanity's ability to slow AI development — even though many developers themselves assign >10% probability to existential risk.
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