All three most-cited AI researchers in history have warned of existential AI risk
johnohallman · x · 2026-09-16
- Nathan Calvin highlights an underrated fact: all three of the most-cited AI researchers in history have been vocal about existential risk from AI, asking rhetorically whether they are also part of an "IPO marketing scheme."
- Daniel Kokotajlo adds that "AI might kill us all" is often mischaracterized as a niche view; it has existed for decades and is shared by the most-cited AI scientists as well as a majority of surveyed AI researchers.
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