What Benedict Evans thinks about AI alignment

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Technology analyst whose weekly email on tech reaches over 150,000 readers. Publishes essays and an annual presentation on where the industry is going.

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1. 2 Sept 2025

   Our readingThe belief that this technology will produce bioweapons and kill everyone rests on childish logical fallacies.

   Their wordsPersonally, like most people in tech, I think the idea that this is all going to kind of produce bioweapons and take over the world and kill us all is just idiotic. Like I think I think it's just a bunch of kind of childish logical fallacies within that.

   ↗Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evansyoutube.com 8th of 16 in this recording