Balaji backs Voorhees: the real AI risk is 1984-style power concentration, not doom
beffjezos · x · 2026-09-13
Erik Voorhees quipped that AI has killed zero people while governments have killed millions, mocking calls to hand AI control to governments in the name of safety. Balaji Srinivasan amplified it, arguing the historical dangers of concentrated power far exceed those of well-distributed intelligence — the real risk is Orwell's 1984, not AI doom.
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