Yudkowsky rebuts profit motive claims: 'We could've cashed out far more riding the AI boom'
ESYudkowsky · x · 2026-09-24
Responding to those who claim the IABIED authors are in it for the money, Yudkowsky notes they could have cashed out far larger amounts by riding the AI boom if they hadn't genuinely predicted dying soon after — and regardless, they are not yet profiting from the book.
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