Ethan Mollick: with a billion users, catastrophic AI incidents remain surprisingly rare
emollick · x · 2026-10-07
Ethan Mollick argues that people closely watching AI are likely surprised by how rare terrible AI incidents have been given a billion overall users and hundreds of millions of corporate users. He adds that positive use cases—evidence-backed health information, financial advice, and startup creation—are equally undermeasured and deserve attention alongside the dangers.
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