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Scott Alexander

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“Grace et al surveyed 1,580 AI researchers who presented papers at big AI-related conferences, mostly academics with no company affiliation. Over half thought there was at least a 10% chance AI would cause “human extinction or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment of the human species”.”
AI Safety Is Not A Corporate PlotAstral Codex Ten, October 15, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Describing a 2024 survey as evidence that experts outside AI companies are as concerned as those inside.
“When the slowdown call happened, Anthropic’s value on the biggest cryptocurrency futures platform dropped 4.57%, and OpenAI’s stock dropped 13.42%.”
AI Safety Is Not A Corporate PlotAstral Codex Ten, October 15, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Offered as evidence against a stock-pumping motive; the essay notes these are crypto futures proxies for private firms.
“The experts are warning you that AI could kill you because they think AI could kill you.”
AI Safety Is Not A Corporate PlotAstral Codex Ten, October 15, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Closing argument against reading the warnings as strategy.

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  1. EssayAstral Codex TenWrote it

    AI Safety Is Not A Corporate Plot

    In an essay, Scott Alexander argues that claims AI companies exaggerate danger for stock prices, distraction or regulatory capture are false. The case rests on unaffiliated experts sharing the concern, leaders voicing it before their firms existed, and market and coalition evidence that the supposed plots would backfire.