Researcher Calls Out p(doom) Contradiction: Why Accelerate Labs If Doom Is Nonzero?
_arohan_ · x · 2026-09-21
Arohan poses a pointed challenge to the AI safety community: if your p(doom) is above zero, why are you willing to work on research, training data, and training at frontier labs? He suspects those people privately believe current models carry p(doom) = 0, and asks them to say so publicly.
The post touches on the long-running hypocrisy debate in AI safety: evangelizing existential risk while accelerating development.
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