Researcher slams Bostrom, EA and MIRI: "fearing intelligence is the height of stupidity"
examachine · x · 2026-09-16
User examachine attacks the AI existential-risk camp: calling Nick Bostrom someone trying to "understand AGI with 80 IQ," declaring "fearing intelligence is the height of stupidity," and labeling those who take Bostrom seriously — Effective Altruism, Yampolskiy, MIRI and their funders — "demonstrably the stupidest people on Earth." Another heated salvo in the long-running AI safety debate.
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