AI Extinction Fears Are ‘Science Fiction’: Andrew Ng
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AI pioneer Andrew Ng is pushing back against renewed warnings that increasingly powerful models could pose an existential threat to humanity, calling those fears “much more science fiction than science.” He argues that AI systems will never be perfectly predictable, but that testing, safeguards, an…
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- 2026-09-17 20:01 · Techmeme
Andrew Ng says renewed AI extinction warnings are "much more science fiction than science" and the latest "wave of PR" is probably intended to shape regulation (Micah Barkley/Bloomberg) - 2026-09-17 19:30 · The Next Web
Andrew Ng calls the AI extinction warnings science fiction - 2026-09-17 18:09 · Bloomberg AI
AI Pioneer Andrew Ng Calls Extinction Fears ‘Science Fiction’ - 2026-09-17 17:48 · Bloomberg AI
AI Extinction Fears Are ‘Science Fiction’: Andrew Ng