AI Extinction: Hype or Real?: OBSOLETE
Posted by Bad Faith with Briahna Joy Gray on September 15, 2026
Posted by Bad Faith with Briahna Joy Gray on September 15, 2026
"Author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us joins Bad Faith to weigh in on Anthropic whistleblower Jacob Coxon's viral tweet warning that Artificial Intelligence could lead to the end of humanity within the next decade. Is this false alarmism or a real threat? Is the threat real but exaggerated for the purpose of securing favorable anti-trust policies for AI leaders? What about tech writers like Cory Doctorow who have warned that tales of artificial intelligence advancement have been grossly overstated? And how would AI actually cause the "end of humanity" anyway?"