GoKawiilMIT Technology Review adds AI-extinction debate and blood-rejuvenation exposé to its content slate
MIT Technology Review released an on-demand Roundtable featuring editors Niall Firth, Will Douglas Heaven and Grace Huckins debating how seriously to take Silicon Valley's warnings about AI causing human extinction. Separately, the outlet published a narrated podcast episode examining Generation Lab, a startup claiming a two-drug combination can rejuvenate blood and reverse aging effects without exchanging bodily fluids, though it refuses to disclose the drugs involved.
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As AI safety rhetoric intensifies, scrutinizing whether extinction-level warnings are proportionate to actual risk helps separate genuine policy concerns from hype driving investment and regulation. Meanwhile, Generation Lab's secrecy about its anti-aging drug combination raises questions about scientific verifiability and whether bold longevity claims can be trusted without transparency.
- A subscriber-only Roundtable video scrutinizes AI extinction warnings and their real-world credibility.
- Generation Lab claims a secret two-drug combo mimics blood-rejuvenation effects seen in prior mouse experiments.
- The startup has not disclosed which drugs are used, limiting independent verification of its anti-aging claims.
Source: technologyreview.com — Thomas Macaulay, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “The Download: AI’s trillion-dollar gamble and OpenAI’s biology data bid”
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