Pedro Domingos mocks AI safety rhetoric with a rogue blender analogy
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-28
AI researcher Pedro Domingos offers a sarcastic analogy against calls to slow AI development: a blender that breaks isn't "going rogue and trying to kill you," so why frame AI failures that way? A pointed jab at doom-heavy AI safety narratives.
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