AI Safety Researcher Satirizes 'Inevitability' Arguments With a Murder Analogy
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-16
AI safety researcher David Manheim posted a reductio ad absurdum targeting arguments that AI risk is inevitable and that opposing it requires authoritarianism. By the same logic, he notes, stopping murder would require constant surveillance of everyone, banning possession of most objects, and physically restricting bodily movement — meaning no one could oppose murder without advocating global totalitarianism. The post mocks how 'inevitability' reasoning collapses under scrutiny in AI safety debates.
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