Prof G Markets · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Ed Zitron argues that while many in the AI industry express fears about AI's potential dangers, concrete evidence and specific proposals for addressing these risks are largely absent. He criticizes the tendency to refer to vague predictions or the concept of "recursive self-improvement" as proof, suggesting it often serves a "religious cult"-like narrative or a cynical business strategy.
“While Dario Amodei spelled out what he would do. It mostly came down to having E M T R, which he claims is an independent research organization, despite it being basically funded by Anthropic itself, being an internal auditor, and then some vague stuff about China.”
“These people are a large part of the AI labs and they spread this idea that AI will inevitably, foregone conclusion, definitely kill us all unless we stop it.”
“But stopping it always involves giving a specific corporation they like money.”