Hugging Face CEO mocked: asking him about AI extinction risk 'like asking a drug dealer'
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-09-12
In a thread under Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue discussing AI extinction risk, a user quipped that asking him about it is "like asking a drug dealer whether he should stop selling drugs." Delangue fired back that it's more like asking about drugs that harm non-users, keeping alive the recurring spat over whether AI executives can be trusted voices on existential risk.
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