New paper warns of a major AI-enabled terrorism event as early as 2027-2028
StephenLCasper · x · 2026-10-21
A new paper led by @KamacheeMax, with Stephen Casper as co-author, warns that a major AI-enabled terrorism event could occur as early as 2027 or 2028. The authors stress the threats are not hypothetical. The paper conducts a pre-mortem analysis, makes 9 falsifiable predictions, and lays out 2 concrete scenarios, arguing for immediate risk-mitigation action.
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