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Steven Pinker’s open letter to Scott Alexander

A post shares “An Open Letter to Scott Alexander” on Quillette, crediting Steven Pinker as its author.

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A September 26, 2026, post links to Pinker’s open letter to Scott Alexander on Quillette.

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CL Claire Lehmann@clairlemon 1:14 PM · Sep 26, 2026
An Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker
quillette.comAn Open Letter to Scott AlexanderThe dangers of AI are real, but doomerism may be counterproductive.

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@clairlemonAn Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker https://quillette.com/2026/09/26/an-open-letter-to-scott-alexander-steven-pinker-ai-alignment-safety/20d

@GaryMarcusRT @clairlemon: An Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker https://quillette.com/2026/09/26/an-open-letter-to-scott-alexander-steven-pinker-ai-alignment-safety/20d

@AndrewCurran_Steven Pinker has written an open letter to Scott in response to this post.20d

@HaydnBelfieldI peer-reviewed this excellent report from RAND last year. Cody is correct about the report's conclusion - they could not rule out AI extinction risk - and @sapinker is incorrect. My main takeaway is: extinction is a very high bar so there's a great deal of uncertainty, but we all agree there could be big risks so let's work together to reduce them. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3034-1.html19d

@BorisMPowerA very levelheaded and wise article from Steven Pinker19d

@lukaszkaiserRT @clairlemon: An Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker https://quillette.com/2026/09/26/an-open-letter-to-scott-alexander-steven-pinker-ai-alignment-safety/19d

@RichardSSuttonRT @sapinker: An Open Letter to Scott Alexander: The dangers of AI are real, but doomerism may be counterproductive. https://t.co/HY481etI…18d

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@clairlemonAn Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker https://quillette.com/2026/09/26/an-open-letter-to-scott-alexander-steven-pinker-ai-alignment-safety/20d

@GaryMarcusRT @clairlemon: An Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker https://quillette.com/2026/09/26/an-open-letter-to-scott-alexander-steven-pinker-ai-alignment-safety/20d

@AndrewCurran_Steven Pinker has written an open letter to Scott in response to this post.20d

@HaydnBelfieldI peer-reviewed this excellent report from RAND last year. Cody is correct about the report's conclusion - they could not rule out AI extinction risk - and @sapinker is incorrect. My main takeaway is: extinction is a very high bar so there's a great deal of uncertainty, but we all agree there could be big risks so let's work together to reduce them. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3034-1.html19d

@BorisMPowerA very levelheaded and wise article from Steven Pinker19d

@lukaszkaiserRT @clairlemon: An Open Letter to Scott Alexander From @sapinker https://quillette.com/2026/09/26/an-open-letter-to-scott-alexander-steven-pinker-ai-alignment-safety/19d

@RichardSSuttonRT @sapinker: An Open Letter to Scott Alexander: The dangers of AI are real, but doomerism may be counterproductive. https://t.co/HY481etI…18d

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