SCOUT· 58%59m·2026-09-21·TechnologyAI Researchers Are Panicking | What Comes Next is Worse Than Nuclear Bombs
What is PDoom, and why are the people building artificial intelligence willing to risk human extinction? Kevin Roose, a New York Times technology columnist, Hard Fork co-host, and author of The AGI Chronicles, shares what he learned from interviewing more than 150 people inside the world’s leading AI companies. Kevin…
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