AIAstral Codex Ten1h ago
AI industry extinction warnings are genuine rather than corporate plots
AI industry extinction warnings are genuine rather than corporate plots for regulatory capture or hype, and they go as far back as the mid-2000s and the 2010s
TL;DRAI safety concerns predate recent hype; industry leaders genuinely worried about existential risks.
Why it matters: Distinguishes legitimate technical concerns from PR tactics; shapes how we evaluate AI governance proposals.
AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI have long mentioned the possibility that their products could be existentially dangerous …
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