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Author questions AI's existential threat timeline, citing asteroid impact

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The author questions the premise of AI aiming to eliminate humans within a decade, suggesting an asteroid impact is a more immediate and plausible existential threat within five years. They dismiss both scenarios as absurd and speculative, implying that current discussions about AI's potential to harm humanity are overblown. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a social media post expressing a speculative opinion about AI and existential threats, lacking factual reporting or analysis.

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Author questions AI's existential threat timeline, citing asteroid impact

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Why is # AI aiming to eliminate humans in 10 years, when an # asteroid is going to do it in five; both of those are absurd and speculative and realistically bot

    Why is # AI aiming to eliminate humans in 10 years, when an # asteroid is going to do it in five; both of those are absurd and speculative and realistically both are incredibly probable yet unproven to be an actual concern;

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