A decade of doomsday warnings failed to slow the AI race, Guardian analysis finds
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-15
A Guardian analysis traces how existential AI warnings—from Stephen Hawking's 2014 warning and Altman's 2015 letter to Musk asking whether humanity could stop developing AI, to last week's viral Anthropic resignation—have shaken the industry for over a decade without slowing it.
- Every few years a schism occurs: researchers warn of irresponsible AI, then a faction breaks away to found a new AI company—a repeating "warn, split, accelerate" cycle.
- Warnings long felt like science fiction to the public until generative AI went mainstream, yet competitive dynamics remain unchanged.
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