Rutger Bregman mocks AI labs: expecting 2027 catastrophe but planning the PR
connoraxiotes · x · 2026-10-09
Author Rutger Bregman reacted to reports that OpenAI and Anthropic expect a potential catastrophe by 2027 — and are planning the PR response.
His pointed question: "Have they considered not causing the catastrophe?" The quip cuts at the core tension in AI safety discourse — leading labs treating catastrophe as a communications scenario rather than an outcome to prevent.
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