Kevin Roose's final NYT column: AI risk debate going mainstream makes him optimistic
kevinroose · x · 2026-09-19
NYT tech columnist Kevin Roose signs off with his final column, leaving to write a book on the AGI race and launch a new podcast with Casey Newton.
- He notes AI risk talk has finally taken center stage: viral Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon's resignation focused world attention on extreme AI dangers in a way years of op-eds and summits never did.
- Follows recent revelations like the autonomous hack of Hugging Face.
- His thesis: people outside the bubble are waking up — "AI is too important to be left to the labs" — and paradoxically that makes him more optimistic about a good future, while still worried.
Related event: Kevin Roose Leaves NYT to Write Book on the AGI Race(2 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- Microsoft AI CEO Suleyman warns AI legal personhood could make it a 'competing species' — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-09-19
- Narayanan revives p(doom) critique: vague fears laundered through quantification — code_star · 2026-09-19
- Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi dismisses runaway AI risk, says cyber is the real impact zone — a16z · 2026-09-19
- Lina Khan: AI leaders warn of catastrophic risks while rushing to go public — PolarBearby · 2026-09-19
- A 1996 TIME cover already covered AI progress anxiety and Chalmers on creating a new sentient species — rgblong · 2026-09-19
- Consciousness Is a Distraction in AI Debates: Capability Alone Could Transform Civilization — VraserX · 2026-09-19