Hugging Face CEO says asking Anthropic researcher ‘about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change’
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The alignment debate is fragmenting into camps that question each other's legitimacy, not just conclusions. For operators, that means AI risk narratives your board hears will be increasingly shaped by which ecosystem you buy into — document your own threat model instead of inheriting one by default.
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