Timnit Gebru: AI firms hype extinction fears to dodge real harms like autonomous weapons
SatelliteNetSec · x · 2026-09-13
- A WIRED interview with Timnit Gebru argues AI companies stoke extinction fears to avoid discussing actual present-day harms, notably autonomous weapons.
- The retweeter adds that Singularity claims are effectively advertising a level of AGI with no evidence anyone will reach soon, while autonomous weapons remain the industry's #1 use case.
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