WSJ: for Anthropic investors, a 10% extinction chance may still be a 90% portfolio win
peterwildeford · x · 2026-10-27
WSJ columnist James Mackintosh's piece "The Bull Case for AI Armageddon" explores a darkly comic investment logic: for investors mulling the Anthropic share offering, even a 10% chance of AI-driven extinction may amount to a 90% win for your portfolio — since in the extinction scenario you won't be around to suffer the loss. Peter Wildeford shared it with the quip: "If we don't all die, we may at least see stocks go up!"
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