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PINKER: FOCUS ON AI SAFETY, NOT EXTINCTION FEARS
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argues that AI safety requires pragmatic engineering rather than doomsday predictions. He declined a public debate on existential risks, viewing such events as unproductive spectacle.
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Steven Pinker thinks fears of AI-driven extinction are overblown, and he has turned down a public debate with blogger Sc…