Tegmark Releases New Film 'Molloch' on Human Disempowerment Without Rogue AI
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-10-01
MIT physicist and AI safety researcher Max Tegmark announced his new film Molloch, the fourth in his series. Rather than depicting rogue AI, it explores how humans could gradually become disempowered even without AI going rogue. Tegmark calls it the fourth and, in his view, the best so far.
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