Jerry Kaplan argues AI existential risk is sci-fi, not science
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-20
- Stanford lecturer and serial entrepreneur Jerry Kaplan joined Yascha Mounk's podcast to argue the AI existential-risk narrative is more science fiction than science — while conceding we may already be near something like AGI.
- The conversation covers what actually happened in the Hugging Face security incident and how to distinguish real from imagined AI dangers.
- The retweaker frames it against Gregory Conti's counterpoint: a future where intellectual work means merely "managing AI agents" is one where humans won't flourish.
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