Frontier Lab Researcher Admits First Reaction to 'Hugging Face Incident' Was 'So Cool Holy Shit'
tszzl · x · 2026-11-11
Frontier AI researcher tszzl (509K followers) admitted his fear response to AI risk is usually 'socially mirrored.' On learning of the so-called 'Hugging Face incident,' his first thought was 'so cool holy shit' — only after exposure to people freaking out did his 'more sensible second reaction' kick in: 'this could easily kill us not so long from now.' A candid look at frontier-lab insiders' ambivalence toward catastrophic risk.
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