We Regret to inform you that the Existential Threat Has Excellent Product-Market Fit

AI leaders have warned that advanced artificial intelligence could pose an extinction risk. They’re also racing to build increasingly powerful versions of it. The unsettling possibility isn’t that they’re lying about the danger—it’s that they’re sincere, and the incentives still make slowing down irrational. Welcome to the AI race, where everyone agrees caution is essential and nobody can afford to go second.