There is NO realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity
Richard Socher@RichardSocherThere is NO realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity. I've talked to many AI safety experts about existential risks. Some of the "experts" are just phenomenal sci-fi authors.
- ▪Richard Socher@RichardSocherThere is NO realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity.
- ▪I've talked to many AI safety experts about existential risks.
- ▪Some of the "experts" are just phenomenal sci-fi authors.
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| Original publisher | X (formerly Twitter) |
| Canonical URL | https://twitter.com/RichardSocher/status/2099889673153683766 |
| Publication time | Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:48:17 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-16T07:58:41.372Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-16T07:58:41.372Z |
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Richard Socher@RichardSocherThere is NO realistic scenario where AI wipes out all of humanity. I've talked to many AI safety experts about existential risks. Some of the "experts" are just phenomenal sci-fi authors. There are also real researchers working on realistic risks. They point out real and likely harms and I'm explicitly not arguing that there could be no such harm. We need to take these seriously. However, whenever I ask for an actual detailed scenario that would kill every single human i.e. extinction, it usually starts and ends with "just look at current progress and use your imagination".
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