Ex-AI-lab insiders warn of existential risk but rarely name specific scenarios
IShootThemSteve · reddit · 2026-10-08
The poster has watched many interviews with AI lab departees who resigned citing existential risks to humanity, yet when interviewers press for specifics — what could actually happen — answers stay vague. Aside from occasional mentions of engineered viruses, responses mostly restate the danger or lean on analogies and metaphors. The poster suspects this is drifting into fear-mongering with an ulterior agenda and opens the question to the community.
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