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Henry Chandonnet
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Tech workers have warned about an AI apocalypse for years. Why is it so viral now?
The AI doomsdayers aren't new. You just weren't paying attention.
Tech workers have long warned that an AI extinction event was possible. What was it about Jacob Coxon's post that made the public care?
TL;DRAI
Jacob Coxon's post claiming AI workers fear extinction from superintelligence went viral, reviving Sam Altman's 2015 doomerism warnings. The surge exposes a gap between AI labs' public optimism and employees' private fears, raising credibility concerns for enterprise adoption.
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