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What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom?
Publisher description: On Equity, we discussed the AI industry's latest debate about whether it poses an existential threat to humanity.
TechCrunch | Sep 13, 2026 | Anthony Ha
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I tried to articulate why I’m skeptical of many AI doomer narratives, while Kirsten asked if this was “just a weird way of flexing to show how far advanced their company’s AI model is,” particularly as these companies prepare to go public. Anthony Ha: Just to disagree with you, I do think that if you believe that AI could destroy all humanity, that does deserve an exclamation point. Sean: That’s what I’m saying, though: Is it in there already and being reworded? There has to have been language in there. And I believe that that’s definitely not great.
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