Critic to Bryan Cantrill: all three most-cited AI researchers now warn of extinction risk
JMannhart · x · 2026-09-16
X user JMannhart pushes back on engineer Bryan Cantrill's dismissal of AI extinction-risk concerns, noting that all three of the most-cited AI researchers are now vocal about the risk. He argues that dismissing the argument because only "weird" people make it is weak — and that claiming "AI can't kill humanity" is itself a strong claim that deserves a real defense.
Related event: Users cite Turing's 1951 warning to rebut Cantrill on AI extinction risk(2 posts)→
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