Andriy Burkov slams AI doomers: too late to play hero after the career you had
burkov · x · 2026-09-20
Well-known ML engineer Andriy Burkov criticized AI safety voices who spent their careers working on dangerous technology, got rich, and only then started screaming that catastrophe is coming. His argument: it's too late to be a hero when you built the very thing you now warn about — a pointed take on doomer motivations.
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