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Gold's September 14 post attacks attaching precise numbers to AI existential risk, targeting Evan Hubinger's "greater than 10% chance that AI kills all humans in the next decade" (jacob.gold). His argument is about implied credentials: a stated probability signals to a general audience both domain expertise and empirical backing that nobody in this field has. He grants the underlying risks deserve discussion. Huang made a structurally identical objection onstage the same day, calling the practice irresponsible, which is a strange pair of allies.
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