Doom rhetoric makes it harder to hold AI companies accountable, say researchers
sarahbmyers · x · 2026-09-18
Reporters daveyalba and Rachel Metz spoke with researchers who argue that pervasive "AI might kill all humans" rhetoric makes it harder to hold the companies actually building the technology accountable — distant doomsday fears drown out real, present harms.
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