AI Risk Debate: Once-Mocked 'Galaxy-Brained' Extinction Risks Are Becoming Today's Risks
binarybits · x · 2026-10-01
A debate thread on AI risk: NathanpmYoung argues that critics have always claimed far-future risks distract from present ones, yet some previously dismissed risks are now real — and extinction-level risks deserve genuine concern given mainstream consensus doesn't deem them inconceivable. binarybits agrees we should forecast emerging risks, noting he predicted powerful AI hacking tools and rogue agents back in 2023.
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