Sharon Goldman's deep dive on the people and ideas behind AI doom forecasting
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-26
Tech journalist Sharon Goldman spent two weeks reporting on the people, institutions, and ideas behind the evolution of AI doom forecasting, examining why assigning odds to AI-driven human extinction became so prominent in conversations about AI's future—and what it means for how we understand and communicate risk. The deep dive publishes tomorrow on her Substack, Ground Level AI, in a post reshared by Grady Booch.
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