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People should avoid blind optimism and carefully consider potential downsides of AI, including harmful uses.
Richard Socher · Humanity’s Last Invention — Richard Socher of Recursive · 14 Sept 2026
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“You know, obviously you shouldn't have blind optimism.”
“You should be very clear-eyed,”
“especially when with such an omni-use type of technology as AI is,”
“you need to think about the potential downside scenarios,”
“especially when people use it for things that you don't want them to use it for.”Play from 2:25Report a misattribution
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