Redditor calls out AI leavers for vague existential-risk talk with no specifics
IShootThemSteve · reddit · 2026-10-08
The poster says that across countless interviews with AI lab insiders who resigned over existential risk, specifics are never offered — aside from vague mentions of engineered viruses, answers stay abstract or lean on analogies — leading him to suspect fear-mongering for an ulterior agenda. A snapshot of growing community pushback against unspecified AI doom rhetoric.
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