AI and Existential Dread
I’ve found myself feeling existential dread in the last few days. Right now there is one story dominating the AI world. Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk - the CEOs of the big frontier labs - have all publicly stated that there is a non-trivial chance that the development of AI leads to very bad outcomes for humanity, and that we need to urgently slow development down.
- ▪I’ve found myself feeling existential dread in the last few days.
- ▪Right now there is one story dominating the AI world.
- ▪Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk - the CEOs of the big frontier labs - have all publicly stated that there is a non-trivial chance that the development of AI leads to very bad outcomes for humanity, and that we need to urgently slow d
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| Original publisher | AI and Existential Dread - Seán Barry |
| Canonical URL | https://seanbarry.dev/posts/ai-and-existential-dread/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 14 Sep 2026 22:19:05 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-14T22:26:51.521Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-14T22:26:51.521Z |
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I’ve found myself feeling existential dread in the last few days. Right now there is one story dominating the AI world. Sam Altman, Dario Amodei and Elon Musk - the CEOs of the big frontier labs - have all publicly stated that there is a non-trivial chance that the development of AI leads to very bad outcomes for humanity, and that we need to urgently slow development down. Whistleblowers and researchers have been doing the podcast circuit for months, sharing their thoughts about how AI could spell the end for humans. The Hugging Face incident triggered a tsunami of discourse about AI alignment and capability, and catapulted this extremely polarising debate to the forefront of everyone’s attention. I’ll be completely honest.
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