Timnit Gebru wins 'Alternative Nobel', calls AI existential-risk talk a ploy to dodge regulation
PolarBearby · x · 2026-10-05
AI researcher Timnit Gebru, awarded an "Alternative Nobel" on Democracy Now!, argues that Silicon Valley's discourse about AI's supposed "existential risks" is a ploy to avoid industry regulation.
Key points:
- She contends OpenAI could have been held liable for unsafe security practices — e.g., unleashing malware worldwide and allegedly hacking Hugging Face and government agencies;
- Instead of accountability and oversight, the industry redirected the conversation toward unprecedented "rogue machines" that don't exist, distracting regulators and the public.
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