X user's viral quip: 'I'd rather be killed by a Chinese AI than not be killed at all'
chaumian · x · 2026-09-13
Responding to AI-safety discourse on X, user @eightsafron quipped: "I'd rather be killed by a Chinese AI than to not be killed at all." The tongue-in-cheek jab mocks existential-risk framing and reflects a strand of skepticism in the AI community toward safety narratives.
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