Huang rejects AI doomsday predictions

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Suresh Venkatasubramanian

@geomblog.bsky.social

This is a really good and sober assessment of "sexy apocalypse" doomer nonsense.

Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 3h

So @dwillner.bsky.social & I took some of our discussion thread from Bluesky last week regarding the "sexy apocalypse" predictions from the EA-aligned "AI Safety" folks, and wrote an article from the perspective (Dave's) of those who do *real* risk mitigation work. The apocalypse will not be sexy.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 3h

The Apocalypse Will Not Be Sexy

When we picture the end of the world, the first thing that springs to mind is typically the cinematic version of "things going wrong." We picture the musical score rising...

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/21/the-apocalypse-will-not-be-sexy/

September 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM

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Mike Masnick

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So @dwillner.bsky.social & I took some of our discussion thread from Bluesky last week regarding the "sexy apocalypse" predictions from the EA-aligned "AI Safety" folks, and wrote an article from the perspective (Dave's) of those who do *real* risk mitigation work. The apocalypse will not be sexy.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 3h

The Apocalypse Will Not Be Sexy

When we picture the end of the world, the first thing that springs to mind is typically the cinematic version of "things going wrong." We picture the musical score rising...

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/21/the-apocalypse-will-not-be-sexy/

The Apocalypse Will Not Be Sexy

When we picture the end of the world, the first thing that springs to mind is typically the cinematic version of "things going wrong." We picture the musical score rising to a crescendo as the climactic events take place. Our heroes are fighting to stop some big giant, unstoppable threat. Even if they are ultimately...

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September 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM

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Woodrow Hartzog

@hartzog.bsky.social

How AI destroys institutions

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care

September 21, 2026 at 3:35 AM

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James Cameron

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I'm not suggesting that this will save the day, but indications that at least some people on both sides are interested in at least managing the risk a major crisis precipitated by AI is a positive development.

September 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM

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Justin Ling

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The AI doomerism being pushed by the tech oligarchs is meant to reinforce the idea that AI is inevitable, unstoppable, and impossible to regulate.

But it's not. It's just going to require that we go back to global cooperation, hard as it may sound. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Justin Ling: It’s the nuclear bomb of the 21st century. This is how we can control it

Reining in AI will take international co-operation.

www.thestar.com

September 21, 2026 at 12:37 PM

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Matthew Bunn

@matthew-bunn.bsky.social

Crucial argument for a halt, at least for now, in the rush to recursive self-improvement — AI developing the next generation of AI — from NYT’s Ezra Klein. We cannot leave it to the AI companies to judge what’s safe or what’s good for society.

We Can't Lose Control of A.I.

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · September 20 · 31m

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September 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM

by Anupam Chander

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Anupam Chander

@anupamchander.bsky.social

I loved this AI doomer illustration in the @washingtonpost for this story by @nitashatiku: washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/21/is-this-how-world-ends-extinction-scenarios-are-taking-over-ai-debate/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006. (Also, will the robots who replace us reinvent gender?)

September 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM

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elisa freschi

@elisafreschi.bsky.social

Please don't tell me that the solution to the huge number of applications is having AI assess (AI-generated) applications. And please also don't tell me that AI is "saving us time".

Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 10h

This ridiculous number of applications is, in my view, the result of 2 nightmare developments happening concurrently 1.the precariousness of the job market for young PhD graduates which then fuels further: 2.the AI tools enabling overproduction of proposals. #Research #ERC #ResearchFunding #Academia

September 21, 2026 at 11:20 AM

by Reiner Leidl

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Reiner Leidl

@leidl.bsky.social

AI seems able to condense moods and expectations in a society from the web. Future paths may partly depend on these, also interacting with political change. This may lead to surprising capabilities in describing possible futures, as an example from 20 months ago shows. bsky.app/profile/leid...

The Economist @economist.com · 11h

AIs are making it easier for everyone to predict the future. That leaves open how far forecasters—human and machine—are from the theoretical limit of what can be known about the future

Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters

Crystal balls give way to LLMs

bit.ly

September 21, 2026 at 11:03 AM

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

In the heart of tech country, voters turn on AI www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

In the heart of tech country, voters turn on AI

California voters overwhelmingly say advanced AI is likely a threat to humans, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its partners.

www.politico.com

September 21, 2026 at 11:04 AM

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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@

@sven.blacksky.app

It's sad to see this framing repeated endlessly.
Most critics of AI don't deny the 'lived experience' (sigh) of AI users & especially boosters; they denounce the fanaticism, the disregard for hazards, and the perceived lack of a moral compass.
This looks to me like guilty feeling rationalization.

• Henry Farrell • @himself.bsky.social • 6mo

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4. I think that it is important that critics of LLMs get this. The 'LLMs are useless which is terrible and everyone is using them which is also terrible' shtick contained contradictions even in the beginning, which took a lot of work to maintain. Now it contradicts people's lived experiences.

September 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM

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Power Map

@powermap.bsky.social

As AI Doom Mania sweeps the left Allison Keats, @neoromantic.bsky.social, writes for Power Map about, what we should really fear from AI, how we should approach AI fears and how we can use them to organize for comprehensive regulation.

powermapmag.substack.com/p/shitty-sky...

Shitty Skynet: How the Left Should Think About AI Doom.

Don’t Worry about Skynet. Worry about Shitty Skynet.

powermapmag.substack.com

September 21, 2026 at 2:09 PM

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Adam Kucharski

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Rather than being a great democratiser, AI is currently forcing organisations to put up more gates and barriers to keep out the low quality avalanche.

September 21, 2026 at 9:20 AM

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Stephen Nuñez

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This is about regulating AI but the same applies to safety net and ALMPs in response to anticipated disruption from AI. Folks on the hill want "something for AI" but standard sectoral training and employment policy, guaranteed income, etc. are still the solutions because disruption is disruption.

September 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM

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Jeffrey Perkel (he/him)

@jperkel.bsky.social

"Co-Scientist combed thru 700+ papers and generated 108 possible strategies. It rejected all but one as unworkable. The last strategy turned the lab’s thinking on its head." New @nature.com, how #AI co-scientists are upending the way research is done. By Elie Dolgin 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI co-scientists are revolutionizing how research is done

Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data — but humans still need to decide what makes sense.

www.nature.com

September 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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The Point

@thepointau.bsky.social

The report early on states “AI will be a defining influence on our economy over the coming decades.”

Read the full piece on The Point: https://thepoint.com.au/off-the-charts/260921-the-intergenerational-report-has-found-its-shiny-new-toy-ai-but-what-about-climate-change

September 21, 2026 at 6:39 AM

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James Cameron

@jjjcameron.bsky.social

Perhaps people discount existential risk because there are too many visions of the Apocalypse out there these days.

In my lifetime:

WMD Apocalypse (Rogue state edn)
WMD Apocalypse (Terrorist edn)
Climate Apocalypse
Cyber Apocalypse
Pandemic Apocalypse
Nuclear Apocalypse
AI Apocalypse

September 21, 2026 at 6:09 AM

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Graham Webster

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Bessent says they talked about econ and AI, and reporter questions brought out more on AI. Chinese readout goes on about Econ consultations and says oh yeah also AI was discussed. www.news.cn/world/202609...

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中美经贸磋商在美国纽约举行-

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September 21, 2026 at 2:54 AM