AI safety pessimism: “even if we dodge the tech risk, human nature won't save us”
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-08
A bleak exchange between AI-safety-adjacent accounts: jdpressman calls one scenario listed by @aiamblichus “one of the more plausible moments for us to all die.” The latter adds that even if humanity avoids destroying itself via #1, #2 “will surely be the end of us” — stressing it's a statement about human nature, not technology.
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