Industry Employees Express Skepticism Toward Existential AI Risks
September 20, 2026
Former and current employees at OpenAI, Meta, and DeepMind report skepticism regarding high-profile warnings about existential AI threats. Many workers characterized recent claims of imminent mass-casualty risks from autonomous agents with mockery rather than alarm.
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