Musk renews AGI warning: risk significantly higher than nuclear weapons
peterwildeford · x · 2026-09-13
Elon Musk restated his long-standing AI alarm: having watched many technologies develop, none carries risk at the level of AGI, which he judges significantly more dangerous than nuclear weapons.
His added point: even very smart humans struggle to imagine something vastly smarter than themselves.
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