Ex-OpenAI researcher puts AI catastrophe odds at 70%, mocked online for doomer math
DeryaTR_ · x · 2026-09-17
A former OpenAI researcher told CNN's Erin Burnett he sees a 70% chance of globally catastrophic AI outcomes if AIs and robots 'don't actually care about humans and go rogue.'
X user DeryaTR mocked the claim ('it's actually a 69% chance!'), arguing such doomerism and media coverage carry a massive cost and could delay AI advances that might save millions of lives, demanding accountability from both the doomers and the press.
More from AGI Musings
- Bernie Sanders Says AI's Danger Is 'Probably Greater' Than Nuclear Weapons — Polymarket · 2026-09-17
- Why AI remains deeply unpopular outside tech: real-feeling risks, abstract benefits — prd_008 · 2026-09-17
- Open weights aren't enough: four ownership tests for your personal AI memory and harness — sujingshen · 2026-09-17
- New Philosophy of Science paper simulates AI-driven epistemic monocultures in research — MohammadAtari90 · 2026-09-17
- AI safety researcher warns against regulation that looks like regulatory capture — DavidSKrueger · 2026-09-17
- Cambridge's David Krueger flags contradiction in US AI race policy — DavidSKrueger · 2026-09-17