'An AI hallucination nearly sparked an attack on a Chinese ship': X users debate slowing AI
binarybits · x · 2026-09-21
A debate over whether AI development should be slowed:
- binarybits finds it reasonable to slow AI because it may be destabilizing in hard-to-predict ways, comparable to the internet or the internal combustion engine.
- davidshor pushes back hard: the world is fragile, and he claims an AI hallucination nearly led the US to launch an assault on a Chinese ship last week — evidence AI could already kill many people, even short of existential risk.
The crux: is AI risk a gradual systemic disruption, or is it already triggering real geopolitical near-misses?
Related event: X Debates RSI Doom Narrative and Slowing AI: Chimera or Years Away(14 posts)→
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