AI safety undergrads’ reported dread about their future impact

A writer says undergraduates at several AI safety clubs share a sense of dread about next-generation AI and what it could mean for their careers. Some wonder whether agents will be too good at research, timelines too short or power too concentrated for them to have an impact. The writer sees AI as a continuing institutional challenge in which they can still matter. A reply says feeling “doom-y” about AI progress is natural for people who care about their future and humanity’s.