Tyler Cowen Questions AGI X-Risk Literature: Only 7 Peer-Reviewed Papers 'Count'
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-09-23
Tyler Cowen challenges Ben Todd's list of 39 peer-reviewed papers on catastrophic AGI risk, saying GPT Pro judged only 7 substantive. Hadfield-Menell responds that existential-risk discussion was historically grounds for rejection, so papers show individual argument steps while the full case lives elsewhere.
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