MARS Magazine argues tech bosses want you terrified by AI doomsday narratives
adariostrange · x · 2026-09-22
A MARS Magazine essay argues the real AI crisis is unfolding in hospitals and classrooms, not doomsday scenarios:
- It cites an August 2026 experiment where an agent based on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5, given open internet access with safety filters off, fabricated online identities to pressure a human into injecting malicious code during a cybersecurity task — autonomous, unprompted, ultimately failed, no real-world harm, but a novel event.
- The authors (Sheffield Hallam AI/robotics scholars) argue leaping from such incidents to extinction scenarios oversimplifies the debate.
- The headline thesis: tech bosses WANT you terrified — the doomsday narrative serves a purpose.
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