The only AI x-risk happening now is an insidious infection of capital systems
mayfer · x · 2026-09-17
X user alth0u argues that the only AI misalignment existential risk unfolding right now is an "insidious infection of our capital systems" — not sci-fi takeover, but distortion of markets and the economy by profit-seeking AI. mayfer amplified it as "the most guaranteed and therefore scariest" risk path, shifting x-risk debate from technical to economic structure.
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