Turing warned in 1951 machines could take control; RT mocks execs who ignored warnings
DKokotajlo · x · 2026-09-16
A thread resurfaces Alan Turing's 1951 prediction: once machine thinking starts, machines would soon outstrip human intellect and eventually take control. The retort argues AI executives weren't the target of a psy-op — they were simply incentivized by status and money to ignore obvious warnings until they got burned.
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