Cyber veteran calls out high p(doom) AI fears built on false security premises
nptacek · x · 2026-09-16
Security researcher nptacek criticizes some high p(doom) voices in the AI community for basing doom estimates on a false cybersecurity premise and refusing to lower their estimates when shown specifically why the premise is wrong, framing it as an argumentation honesty problem rather than a difference in priors.
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