Tech bosses divided on AI
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Tech bosses were deeply divided over whether artificial intelligence could go amok and threaten humanity, with some warning of existential risk while external experts urged calm.
by David Wood
From outside Downing Street today. The outcome of excellent rapid organisation by @pauseai.bsky.social UK. The news clip ends with an unplanned metaphor! www.channel4.com/news/hundred...
Hundreds of protesters rally against AI outside Downing Street
It's the question of the moment, whether unbridled artificial intelligence threatens humanity. After a succession of insiders developing the technology raised the alarm about existential risk, protest...
www.channel4.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
From outside Downing Street today. The outcome of excellent rapid organisation by @pauseai.bsky.social UK. The news clip ends with an unplanned metaphor! www.channel4.com/news/hundred...
This endorsement from Esther Perel of my upcoming book, Artificial Intimacy, means a great deal to me. She understands that the biggest questions about AI aren't technical but deeply human. Preorder now at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sherr....
September 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This endorsement from Esther Perel of my upcoming book, Artificial Intimacy, means a great deal to me. She understands that the biggest questions about AI aren't technical but deeply human. Preorder now at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/sherr....
Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
aiguide.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:40 PM
AI environmental concerns build as lawmakers grapple with tech panic www.axios.com/2026/09/16/a...
AI environmental concerns build as lawmakers grapple with tech panic
Polling out today showed Americans also share existential concerns about AI.
www.axios.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
AI environmental concerns build as lawmakers grapple with tech panic www.axios.com/2026/09/16/a...
Reposted by Ann Bartow
The time to act on AI is yesterday.
I'm calling for an immediate pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
I'm calling for an immediate pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
September 16, 2026 at 6:10 PM
The time to act on AI is yesterday.
I'm calling for an immediate pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
I'm calling for an immediate pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
#AI is rapidly transforming how we do science. Interesting new analyses by Mihai Codreanu and colleagues ...
ai.google/static/docum...
#scicomm #scicomm #highered
ai.google/static/docum...
#scicomm #scicomm #highered
September 16, 2026 at 5:44 PM
#AI is rapidly transforming how we do science. Interesting new analyses by Mihai Codreanu and colleagues ...
ai.google/static/docum...
#scicomm #scicomm #highered
ai.google/static/docum...
#scicomm #scicomm #highered
Paging @xriskology.bsky.social to the batphone.
(I use a lot of Dr. Torres writings in the 1st lesson on understanding weak and evil points in systems in my 3rd year course)
(I use a lot of Dr. Torres writings in the 1st lesson on understanding weak and evil points in systems in my 3rd year course)
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
September 16, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Paging @xriskology.bsky.social to the batphone.
(I use a lot of Dr. Torres writings in the 1st lesson on understanding weak and evil points in systems in my 3rd year course)
(I use a lot of Dr. Torres writings in the 1st lesson on understanding weak and evil points in systems in my 3rd year course)
Reposted by Kori Schake
Good news everyone: AI is *not* going to kill us all!
But don't take my word for it -- I talked to (real) experts, and dug deep into the logic of an "AI apocalypse" and found it wanting.
That doesn't mean AI companies are off the hook, though.
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
But don't take my word for it -- I talked to (real) experts, and dug deep into the logic of an "AI apocalypse" and found it wanting.
That doesn't mean AI companies are off the hook, though.
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
Forget the AI Apocalypse—the Real Threats Are Already Here
Airplanes, elevators and restaurants all have regulations to ensure their safe operation. Many experts argue for similar conventional measures for AI.
www.wsj.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Good news everyone: AI is *not* going to kill us all!
But don't take my word for it -- I talked to (real) experts, and dug deep into the logic of an "AI apocalypse" and found it wanting.
That doesn't mean AI companies are off the hook, though.
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
But don't take my word for it -- I talked to (real) experts, and dug deep into the logic of an "AI apocalypse" and found it wanting.
That doesn't mean AI companies are off the hook, though.
(gift link)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
When AI Developers Regulate Themselves marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-de...
When AI Developers Regulate Themselves
Safety & AI Regulation Should Include Present Harms, Not Just Future Ones
marcwatkins.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
When AI Developers Regulate Themselves marcwatkins.substack.com/p/when-ai-de...
Frontier AI models are currently a dangerous technology without the safeguards needed to protect people from serious harm.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Frontier AI models are currently a dangerous technology without the safeguards needed to protect people from serious harm.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
The future of artificial intelligence must be decided by the American people through their democratically elected representatives in government—not by a handful of CEOs and billionaire corporations.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The future of artificial intelligence must be decided by the American people through their democratically elected representatives in government—not by a handful of CEOs and billionaire corporations.
by Elizabeth Warren Reposted by Rebecca Solnit
Today, I'm calling to immediately press pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Today, I'm calling to immediately press pause on the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
by Peter Jacobs
I'm not asking rhetorically. If the goal is to just say "these people are in denial/hoodwinked about AI, but not me!" that's fine. If the goal is to say "sure, there is insane hype about this stuff but you're also misinformed & missing genuine benefits" wouldnt that imply a different comms strategy?
September 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I'm not asking rhetorically. If the goal is to just say "these people are in denial/hoodwinked about AI, but not me!" that's fine. If the goal is to say "sure, there is insane hype about this stuff but you're also misinformed & missing genuine benefits" wouldnt that imply a different comms strategy?
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Personally, I'd credit this more to "reality" media more broadly, but this is catchy.
Here's Former Google CEO Schmidt saying AI companies can't self-police or self-regulate.
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
Conceding AI Danger Raises, Not Reduces, Public Anxiety | NOEMA
“Pace the frontier” or pull the plug?
www.noemamag.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Here's Former Google CEO Schmidt saying AI companies can't self-police or self-regulate.
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
by Naomi Klein Reposted by Devon Greyson
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
September 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
by Seth Masket
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
September 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
Reposted by Bessma Momani, Henry Jones
"AI folks have spent a long time talking to one another, and their explanations not just for what they’re attempting to build but why they have to build it are layered, heavily contingent thought experiments, rich in metaphor, full of prediction, and articulated in terms of game theory."
Why Everyone’s Talking About the AI Apocalypse
The AI-safety people finally have the public’s attention. Now what?
nymag.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"AI folks have spent a long time talking to one another, and their explanations not just for what they’re attempting to build but why they have to build it are layered, heavily contingent thought experiments, rich in metaphor, full of prediction, and articulated in terms of game theory."