Not All AI Workers Buy the 'AI Could Kill Everyone' Narrative, BBC Reports
austinc3301 · x · 2026-09-22
A BBC report highlights that AI workers themselves are divided on existential risk: not everyone in the industry believes the technology could kill everyone. The retweeder notes the headline is 'not exactly comforting.' The piece underscores the widening split between doom-oriented safety advocates and practitioners skeptical of extinction narratives.
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