A thread links DeepMind’s origins to apocalyptic AI rhetoric

A thread argues that apocalyptic talk about AI was part of DeepMind’s origin story. The writer says Hassabis secured funding at a summit and criticizes the selection of ethics advisers. The thread also recalls Peter Thiel and Elon Musk using “summoning the devil” rhetoric about AI around 2013–2014, and says Thiel called AI a much worse extinction risk than climate change.