Cambridge AI-safety prof David Krueger amplifies: where is the anger about extinction risk?
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-09-28
- Cambridge AI safety researcher David Krueger reposted a For Humanity Podcast rant asking why public discourse on AI extinction risk carries no anger.
- The post argues "extinction" fails as a word — it sounds remote and antiseptic, but means the death of everyone you love; people rage over NFL losses but not over companies openly admitting they can't control or understand the machines they build.
- Krueger's amplification signals endorsement of the sentiment that this absence of anger makes the risk feel less real.
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