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Timnit Gebru: AI executives, not AI, are the real risk
Original: AI is not an existential risk, AI executives are - @ timnitGebru https://www. democracynow.org/2026/10/1/tim nit_gebru_a
AI researcher Timnit Gebru argued on Democracy Now that artificial intelligence itself is not an existential threat to humanity, and that the real danger lies with the executives and companies developing and deploying it. Her comments challenge a dominant framing in the AI safety debate, shifting focus from hypothetical superintelligence to corporate power, profit incentives and current harms of deployed systems.
Why now: Her remarks push back against prominent industry narratives about AI doomsday scenarios, reigniting debate over who bears responsibility for AI harms.
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- AI is not an existential risk, AI executives are - @ timnitGebru https://www. democracynow.org/2026/10/1/tim nit_gebru_ai # AI # noAI # technofascism · rhelune@todon.eu · 4
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