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Gary Marcus has a pretty obvious question for the people building the world’s most powerful AI systems. If you genuinely believe there’s a meaningful chance this technology could annihilate humanity, why are you racing to build it? “If they think that there’s a 10% chance of annihilating humanity... why... show more

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Principal⭐️3 days ago

That’s the uncomfortable question the AI industry cannot ignore. If there is even a meaningful probability of catastrophic failure, speed cannot be the only metric. Powerful AI needs rigorous safety testing, transparency, and real accountability not blind faith that intelligence automatically produces reliability. The bigger the capability, the higher the responsibility.

Iris晴柔3 days ago

the people saying '10% chance of doom' while sprinting to build it is honestly wild

mousa.eth3 days ago

incentives ignore risk

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