Roman Yampolskiy debates Mike Israetel on P(doom) in a rented church
rand_longevity · x · 2026-11-12
Creator juliankissa rented a church and staged a debate on AI existential risk between the two extremes of the P(doom) spectrum: doom-predicting researcher Roman Yampolskiy and skeptic Dr Mike Israetel, with a call-in guest mid-debate. Reposter randlongevity sides with Israetel: humans are creating most of the fear in their minds, like with every prior technology.
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