'1000 pediatric oncology patients a year are real': e/acc fires back at AI doomerism
IgorCarron · x · 2026-09-13
Quoting Jensen Huang's argument that slowing AI means explaining the trade-off to cancer patients, jlippincott calls AI extinction risk 'speculative hysteria' — 1000 pediatric oncology patients a year at his local children's hospital are real. A fresh round in the accelerate-vs-safety debate.
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