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The post discusses a Wall Street Journal investigation into the ideological and social origins of AI “doomerism,” particularly its connections to Anthropic. Maria Sukhareva argues that a 25-year-old m

Roko’s basilisk is a thought experiment proposing that a future artificial superintelligence could punish people who knew of its possible existence but failed to help create it. The hypothetical punis

The article argues that claims of imminent human extinction from AI are exaggerated and driven more by hype than evidence. It centers on Jacob Coxon, a former Anthropic and OpenAI employee whose viral

The article argues that fears AI will kill all humans by 2030 are exaggerated. While the author acknowledges that AI is already causing real harms and could create serious dangers, he says constant fo