Riley Ralmuto Rips Into Connor Leahy's Doom Claims: Assumptions Stated as Facts
RileyRalmuto · x · 2026-09-12
Riley Ralmuto published a lengthy critique of Conjecture founder Connor Leahy's doomer statements in a recent interview, arguing he is "drunk on his own inflated ego and assumptions."
The author quotes Leahy verbatim and challenges the premises:
- "The only stable equilibrium for humans is no superintelligence" — presupposes ASI inevitably disempowers its creators, a premise game theory doesn't supply but only Leahy's own model of ASI
- "No one benefits from superintelligence" — repeated emphatically across multiple interviews as fact, not hypothetical
- "Superintelligence destroys everything — the US government, the Chinese government, people, companies" — a terminal conclusion of one misalignment model grammatically framed as an inherent property of superintelligence
The author clarifies they don't object to claims like "control probability is very low," but to presenting contested assumptions as cold, hard facts.
Related event: Writer Rebuts Connor Leahy's AI Doom Claims Point by Point(2 posts)→
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