AI Risk Community Feuds Over How to Welcome the Surge of New Concern
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-17
A meta-debate inside the AI risk community. @albrgr argues the right response to surging concern is welcoming—"great that this topic is finally getting the attention it deserves"—rather than gloating with "doomer apology forms."
Quoting @Laneless, who is annoyed that the take "all AI risk work was done by the few people who took it seriously" has gained traction, the thread captures the community's friction as AI risk discourse goes mainstream.
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