Post by @jalefkowit@hachyderm.io

Jason Lefkowitz

@jalefkowit@hachyderm.io 1 hr. ago

These people just have an absolutely baffling conception of how to sell a product

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/ai-is-the-most-likely-reason-youll-die-openai-board-member-warns/

If you go by the current statistics for deaths in the US, it’s reasonable to expect that cancer or heart disease will eventually get you. But OpenAI Foundation board member and Alignment Research Center Executive Director Paul Cristiano thinks we should all be worried about another major mortality risk. Speaking at a lecture series this week, Cristiano bluntly told the audience in a Toronto Convention Center, “I think for most people in this room, the most likely reason they will die is because of an AI accident.”

Ars Technica

AI is "the most likely reason" you'll die, OpenAI board member warns

Researcher traces a path from AI reward hacking to potential human extinction.

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Nantucket Lit

@nantucketlit@mastodon.social 21 min. ago

@jalefkowit I think "AI" companies invite this sense of danger. Here's their pitch: if the technology will either usher in a utopia, or destroy us all, then you'd better invest in the company holding the reins.

Flash Mob Of One

@FlashMobOfOne@mstdn.social 32 min. ago

@jalefkowit And, also, anyone trying to fly on a plane in the US today is getting a crash course (pun intended) regarding why putting AI where it isn't necessary is a shitty idea.

Dan Sugalski

@wordshaper@weatherishappening.network 43 min. ago

@jalefkowit so what I’m hearing them say is “we’re all nihilistic sociopaths actively trying to destroy the world. You should arrest us all, shut down our companies, and destroy our work”

Which… ok, I’m good with that.