We're all probably feeling a little anxious about AI. It's horrible for the environment, is used as an excuse to fire workers, floods the internet with misinformation and slop, entrenches government surveillance, and appears to be driving people into psychosis. And so, at a time when many college students are dropping out to join AI startups, one former MIT student says she called it quits because she's afraid of something altogether more catastrophic: that an artificial general intelligence (AGI), or superhuman AI, will completely wipe out the human race, Forbes reports.
The US Commerce Secretary's recent decision to rebrand the AI Safety Institute as the Center for AI Standards and Innovation might appear to be an act of bureaucratic housekeeping. But it's a mark of a deeper change in national priorities, write Paulo Carvão, Mizuki Yashiro, and Shaurya Jeloka.
-- Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) Jul 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
[image or embed]
Drudge Retort Headlines
Shutdown Begins (166 comments)
Hegseth's Speech to Our Military Leaders (54 comments)
GOP Silent After Church Gunman Identified as 'Ultra MAGA' (22 comments)
Porny Republican Quits Wisconsin Governor's Race (19 comments)
ICE Agent Fires Chemical Weapon at TV Reporter (14 comments)
25 US States Do Not Have Money to Pay Their Bills (10 comments)
US Cedes Its Share of China's Beef Market to Australia (10 comments)
Trump to Military: Use 'dangerous' US Cities as 'training grounds' (9 comments)
Trump's Tariffs Trigger Crime Wave Across U.S. (9 comments)
YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Trump Lawsuit (8 comments)