Pinker lays out four problems with AI doom scenarios
pmddomingos · x · 2026-09-29
Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker lays out four problems with AI doom scenarios, in a piece shared and endorsed by ML researcher Pedro Domingos. The exchange adds to the ongoing debate over existential-risk narratives, representing the skeptical camp's core counterarguments.
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