Developer slams AI industry's p(doom) as baseless made-up number
kristoph · x · 2026-09-16
Developer kristoph pushed back on the AI industry's p(doom) narrative, calling the extinction-probability talk something people "totally made up" with no factual basis, and arguing that anyone making such predictions in any other industry would rightly be deemed a crank.
The remark is another salvo in the ongoing doomer-vs-rationalist debate within AI safety discourse.
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