Timnit Gebru: AI companies stoke extinction fears to dodge real harms like autonomous weapons
WellsLucasSanto · x · 2026-09-13
In a WIRED piece, Timnit Gebru argues AI companies amplify existential-risk narratives to avoid confronting actual harms such as autonomous weapons. Rahll's viral repost — "Timnit has been right since the beginning. Google fired her for it" — ties the critique back to her controversial 2020 departure from Google.
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