Emily Bender: AI existential risk is 'fake,' doomsday talk hides real harms
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-07
Linguist Emily Bender told Bloomberg TV that "the risk is actually fake," rejecting claims that AI poses an existential threat to humanity.
She argues the doomsday debate distracts from harms happening now — workplace disruption, surveillance, environmental costs, and degradation of the information ecosystem.
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