AI safety researcher skips retirement savings over 2036 doomsday bet, drawing criticism
Dan_Jeffries1 · x · 2026-10-25
Derek Thompson interviewed former OpenAI researcher Nate Soares (So8res), who believes AI is more likely than not to wipe out humanity by 2036—and accordingly doesn't save for retirement, saying "I sort of do what I can and then I live a good life."
Dan Jeffries quote-posted the interview to push back: betting against retirement because you think you can predict the apocalypse is neither a good life strategy nor a good sign of reasoning ability. The exchange captures the tension between AI-safety doom beliefs and outside skepticism of their rationality.
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