Pedro Domingos: AI alarmism is becoming history's best-funded AstroTurf movement
pmddomingos · x · 2026-10-12
Pedro Domingos tweeted that AI alarmism is well on its way to becoming the best-funded AstroTurf movement in history — implying that exaggerated AI risk rhetoric is increasingly an organized, funded campaign rather than genuine grassroots concern. A sharp critique of AI safety narratives from a prominent researcher.
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