Ahead of a dinner with a US senator, AI researcher Nate Soares (@So8res) was told: 'Don't give them any of the crazy crap. You know, play it…

Ahead of a dinner with a US senator, AI researcher Nate Soares (@So8res) was told: "Don't give them any of the crazy crap. You know, play it cool." His friends opened with the concern that someone could use AI to cause a pandemic. The senator: "Oh, that's what you're worried about? I'm worried about these companies making AIs that can make smarter AIs, that can make smarter AIs, leading to recursive self-improvement that could kill literally everybody on this planet. And I'm worried that this could happen inside of three years." Source: @PeterMcCormack's show Media

Source: Connor Leahy (X) | 2026-07-10