Boaz Barak challenges Scott Alexander to debate that AI won't kill all humans
tszzl · x · 2026-09-20
Harvard professor and former OpenAI safety researcher Boaz Barak publicly offered to debate Scott Alexander on the claim that AI will not kill all humans — "any day in 2035 works," he quipped, blending earnest skepticism about doom scenarios with self-aware humor.
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