Poll: Americans see serious AI extinction risk — commentators invoke the GMO panic analogy
_onionesque · x · 2026-09-18
A Politico poll finds many Americans believe AI poses a serious risk of destroying humanity.
Pessimists Arc responded by invoking the GMO panic: anxieties amplified by academics and attention-seeking public figures caused massive fallout in scientific literacy worldwide — a warning about today's AI doom discourse.
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