GoKawiilSignal Foundation's Meredith Whittaker downplays AI 'existential risk', flags misuse instead
Meredith Whittaker, president of the Signal Foundation, said in a BBC Global Women interview that fears of AI turning on humanity are overstated and not scientifically grounded. She pointed instead to the risk of careless real-world deployment, citing a CNN-reported incident in which a US intelligence chatbot allegedly fabricated details about a Chinese vessel carrying nuclear material, nearly prompting a military response.