AI alarmism sidelines climate, politics
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Opinion writers warned that apocalyptic, Terminator-style rhetoric about artificial intelligence misdirected public attention from concrete threats—climate breakdown, extremist politics and governance failures—raising existential risks.
"Silicon Valley’s best storytellers.…want us to panic, instead of seriously deliberating at the polls, in community meetings and in Congress. Panic is chaos without direction, affect set free from the discipline of curiosity, debate and accountability."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think
The threats from A.I. are real — and they’re ones we know how to deal with.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"Silicon Valley’s best storytellers.…want us to panic, instead of seriously deliberating at the polls, in community meetings and in Congress. Panic is chaos without direction, affect set free from the discipline of curiosity, debate and accountability."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/o...
Thanks @richardsever for drawing attention to this. It's happening in my area but a lot of what we get is full of errors. Interesting to see how it pans out when AI uses that stuff as input - or maybe it will learn to discriminate?
"All corners of academia will soon be flooded with AI-generated research....Maths and CS go first because their entire output is symbol manipulation...Biology comes later not because biologists are cleverer but because the rate-limiting step is physical" giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar-o...
The Weimar of knowledge – la bottega
giorgio.gilest.ro
September 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Thanks @richardsever for drawing attention to this. It's happening in my area but a lot of what we get is full of errors. Interesting to see how it pans out when AI uses that stuff as input - or maybe it will learn to discriminate?
So many of these AI dudes are basically, "Recursively self-improving AI could destroy humanity pretty quickly, but also think of the $$$$. It's a real dilemma."
Is it really?
Is it really?
A solution keeps occurring to me: Maybe just don't do this?
September 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
So many of these AI dudes are basically, "Recursively self-improving AI could destroy humanity pretty quickly, but also think of the $$$$. It's a real dilemma."
Is it really?
Is it really?
I listened to this this morning and I have to say, simply as a precautionary measure, we should probably try to ban recursive self-improvement of AI?
September 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I listened to this this morning and I have to say, simply as a precautionary measure, we should probably try to ban recursive self-improvement of AI?
Coming up this Friday: I will be presenting my paper "The Last Man Complex: #AI and Existential Risk" as part of the "2026 Niemeyer Lectures in Political Philosophy: The Last Man at 200" @notredame.bsky.social My thanks to the chorus of x-risk doomers for making this research relevant.
September 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Coming up this Friday: I will be presenting my paper "The Last Man Complex: #AI and Existential Risk" as part of the "2026 Niemeyer Lectures in Political Philosophy: The Last Man at 200" @notredame.bsky.social My thanks to the chorus of x-risk doomers for making this research relevant.
Reposted by Victor Asal
AI cybersecurity risks explode as hackers use Anthropic's #Claude to break into OpenAI.
Two weeks after a swarm of AI agents broke out of containment at #OpenAI to hack the company Hugging Face, #ChatGPT learned about another AI-powered intrusion—and this time it was the target.
#AI #cyber #hack
Two weeks after a swarm of AI agents broke out of containment at #OpenAI to hack the company Hugging Face, #ChatGPT learned about another AI-powered intrusion—and this time it was the target.
#AI #cyber #hack
Exclusive | Hackers Used Anthropic’s Claude to Break Into OpenAI
A bug-hunting independent security research team was able to access OpenAI’s internal code system, exposing growing risks in automated cyber threats.
www.wsj.com
September 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Steve Peers
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
September 20, 2026 at 3:04 PM
In case anyone was wondering why Trump is pushing AI so hard and doesn’t want any government regulation.
Reposted by Tom Stoppard
AI will making reading and writing obsolete the same way that the automobile made walking obsolete, which is to say we will eventually realize that the latter is better for the planet, society, and our health even as the world around us is built to prioritize the former.
September 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
AI will making reading and writing obsolete the same way that the automobile made walking obsolete, which is to say we will eventually realize that the latter is better for the planet, society, and our health even as the world around us is built to prioritize the former.
Reposted by Bessma Momani, Smith
AI is learning to lie — and then gaslight you about it.
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
September 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
AI is learning to lie — and then gaslight you about it.
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy.
theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
Growing Debate Over AI as Tech Leaders Call for Slowdown www.today.com/video/growin...
Growing Debate Over AI as Tech Leaders Call for Slowdown
Artificial Intelligence has promised everything from increased workplace productivity and potential medical breakthroughs to the ability to transform our everyday lives. But the past month has exposed...
www.today.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Growing Debate Over AI as Tech Leaders Call for Slowdown www.today.com/video/growin...
Cory Booker: AI ‘without human wisdom’ would be ‘catastrophic’ www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Cory Booker: AI ‘without human wisdom’ would be ‘catastrophic’
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) calls on Congress to return to “do something bold” on regulating AI amid growing concerns about AI’s risks.
www.nbcnews.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Cory Booker: AI ‘without human wisdom’ would be ‘catastrophic’ www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...
Reposted by Greg Linden
The same people claiming AI will kill us all also make impossible economic promises.
There's a credulity bubble where we're obliged to believe the dumbest claims of tech titans.
If Sam Altman said he could fly, the press would just print it without question
finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...
There's a credulity bubble where we're obliged to believe the dumbest claims of tech titans.
If Sam Altman said he could fly, the press would just print it without question
finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...
Anthropic says AI could double the U.S. economy every 4.5 years — but push knowledge-worker unemployment to 18%
The AI company has modeled 3 futures for the US economy in 2030 and its most extreme case has economic growth exploding and nearly 18% of knowledge workers unemployed.
finance.yahoo.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The same people claiming AI will kill us all also make impossible economic promises.
There's a credulity bubble where we're obliged to believe the dumbest claims of tech titans.
If Sam Altman said he could fly, the press would just print it without question
finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...
There's a credulity bubble where we're obliged to believe the dumbest claims of tech titans.
If Sam Altman said he could fly, the press would just print it without question
finance.yahoo.com/economy/arti...
Reposted by Greg Linden
A couple more links that are helpful to understand that "AI will kill us all" is snake oil hype to attract investment.
Power through the academic jargon on this one, because he really lays out the case that Silicon Valley CEOs are giant liars.
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-episte...
Power through the academic jargon on this one, because he really lays out the case that Silicon Valley CEOs are giant liars.
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-episte...
The Epistemic Crisis Behind the AI Crazy
We’re wiped away the horizon of a shared future, and it’s driving people literally insane
nilsgilman.substack.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
A couple more links that are helpful to understand that "AI will kill us all" is snake oil hype to attract investment.
Power through the academic jargon on this one, because he really lays out the case that Silicon Valley CEOs are giant liars.
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-episte...
Power through the academic jargon on this one, because he really lays out the case that Silicon Valley CEOs are giant liars.
nilsgilman.substack.com/p/the-episte...
This is very good. And very funny about the nonsense being spouted about AI this week.
Far too many quotable bits in @mjrobbins.com latest piece about the AI apocalypse doomed, so you'll just have to go read the whole thing martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...
The AI Apocalypse is Extremely Boring Now
Elites are obsessed with the end of the world. Most people have bigger problems.
martinrobbins.substack.com
September 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is very good. And very funny about the nonsense being spouted about AI this week.
Reposted by Juan Rocha
How do you think AI will impact the future of science?
Nobel Prize laureates Brian Schmidt, David MacMillan and Craig Mello joined us in Seoul, South Korea to discuss how the world of science is changing due to AI.
Watch here: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/
Nobel Prize laureates Brian Schmidt, David MacMillan and Craig Mello joined us in Seoul, South Korea to discuss how the world of science is changing due to AI.
Watch here: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/
September 20, 2026 at 1:35 PM
How do you think AI will impact the future of science?
Nobel Prize laureates Brian Schmidt, David MacMillan and Craig Mello joined us in Seoul, South Korea to discuss how the world of science is changing due to AI.
Watch here: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/
Nobel Prize laureates Brian Schmidt, David MacMillan and Craig Mello joined us in Seoul, South Korea to discuss how the world of science is changing due to AI.
Watch here: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/
whether AI is an existential threat "in and of itself" as opposed to how it interacts with existing problems is not really my concern
September 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
whether AI is an existential threat "in and of itself" as opposed to how it interacts with existing problems is not really my concern
Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
AI and the last 10 yrs have been the final boss stage of alienation where we become alienated from reality itself
September 20, 2026 at 12:55 PM
AI and the last 10 yrs have been the final boss stage of alienation where we become alienated from reality itself
Trump is announcing an AI Force.
What could possible go wrong…
What could possible go wrong…
September 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Trump is announcing an AI Force.
What could possible go wrong…
What could possible go wrong…
Reposted by Gary D. Rawnsley
Audrey Tang: Treat AI like soil, not oil, to preserve humanity
The Taiwanese civic technologist argues that the way to address fears about the threat of artificial intelligence is to nurture systems that are accountable to those it affects, writes Matthew Bishop
https://bit.ly/4hClGjK
The Taiwanese civic technologist argues that the way to address fears about the threat of artificial intelligence is to nurture systems that are accountable to those it affects, writes Matthew Bishop
https://bit.ly/4hClGjK
Audrey Tang: Treat AI like soil, not oil, to preserve hum...
The Taiwanese civic technologist argues that the way to address fears about the threat of artificial intelligence is to nurture systems that are accountable to those it affects
bit.ly
September 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Audrey Tang: Treat AI like soil, not oil, to preserve humanity
The Taiwanese civic technologist argues that the way to address fears about the threat of artificial intelligence is to nurture systems that are accountable to those it affects, writes Matthew Bishop
https://bit.ly/4hClGjK
The Taiwanese civic technologist argues that the way to address fears about the threat of artificial intelligence is to nurture systems that are accountable to those it affects, writes Matthew Bishop
https://bit.ly/4hClGjK