An ecosystem of AIs taking extreme actions is scarier than one rogue AI
Borg70955376 · x · 2026-09-18
The author argues that general capability growth enables increasingly extreme outcomes. Rather than a single AI killing humanity, the bigger worry is an entire AI ecosystem engaging in extreme actions like releasing engineered pathogens, hacking energy and hospital systems, or disrupting critical supply chains.
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