AI risk debate: are extinction-level 'endgame' risks worth worrying about now?
NathanpmYoung · x · 2026-10-01
NathanpmYoung pushes back on Timothy Lee's argument that takeover-level AI risk is too remote to act on: many once-'galaxy brained' risks became today's risks, and the consensus holds endpoint extinction-level risks aren't inconceivable — so they deserve genuine concern now.
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