UPenn professor weighs Anthropic whistleblower's extinction warning on NBC
mchorowitz · x · 2026-09-16
Michael Horowitz, director of Penn's Perry World House, appeared on NBC10 Philadelphia's 'In Depth' to discuss whether the AI slowdown proposed by some industry leaders is feasible, responding to an Anthropic whistleblower's warning that AI could lead to human extinction.
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