Fei-Fei Li: the real existential threat was never AI, it's within ourselves
irinarish · x · 2026-09-24
Fei-Fei Li, "Godmother of AI" and World Labs CEO, says the real existential threat was never AI: "Any threat to human society, including existential, is within ourselves." The remark continues her long-standing framing that AI risk should be discussed in terms of human behavior and governance rather than demonizing the technology itself.
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