Electricity Kills 140,000 a Year — Sarcasm Post Mocks AI Safety Ban Arguments
petetrainor · x · 2026-09-15
DrEliDavid points out electricity directly kills over 40,000 people yearly, plus 100,000 more via electric machinery, yet nobody bans it — a sarcastic analogy arguing that blanket AI-safety bans are similarly absurd.
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