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Don't Worry, There’s No “AI Apocalypse”

ICYMI by Slate Podcasts

Sep 19, 202641:55Society & Culture

A former Anthropic employee claimed AI would lead to the end of humanity, and soon. In the weeks since, the “whistleblower” has done a full press tour, with even Anthropic and OpenAI themselves seeming to cosign this cla...

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