Virologist slams 'X% chance AI kills everyone' claims as intellectual dishonesty
DeryaTR_ · x · 2026-09-14
An author with decades of virology experience criticizes the practice of assigning precise probabilities (10%, 20%, 50%) to AI extinction and presenting them as science. He argues these numbers rest on chains of speculative assumptions and sci-fi scenarios — including implausible engineered-pandemic claims — and that biology doesn't work like a doomsday screenplay. The burden of proof lies with those making extraordinary claims; possibility is not probability, and attaching a percentage to subjective fear doesn't make it science.
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