{
  "id": 7655474,
  "title": "We must not be scared by Silicon Valley’s ‘AI slowdown theory’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/we-must-not-be-scared-by-silicon-valleys-ai-slowdown-theory",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-15T23:27:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/09/we-must-not-be-scared-by-silicon-valleys-ai-slowdown-theory/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A debate over artificial intelligence has intensified, with some experts warning of its potential dangers to society. The discussion was sparked in part by a blog post from OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, although the exact date of the post is not specified, and the resignation of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who stated that AI \"could kill us all\".\n\nSome of those warning about AI's risks come from within the industry, including Dario Amodei, who co-founded Anthropic and left OpenAI because he felt it wasn't taking AI's potential dangers seriously enough, according to Malay Mail. Others, such as former Google researcher Geoffrey Hinton and computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, have also raised concerns about AI's threats.\n\nThe concerns about AI's risks have led to a divide, with some experts, often referred to as \"doomers\", warning of its dangers, while others are more optimistic about its potential benefits. The debate has been ongoing, with some, including Elon Musk, expressing concerns about AI's development falling into the wrong hands, specifically Google, when OpenAI was first founded.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Doomers versus boosters: Inside battle lines of Silicon Valley’s raging AI wars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/doomers-versus-boosters-inside-battle-lines-of-silicon-valleys-raging",
        "published": "2026-09-15T13:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}