A Washington Post opinion piece published September 9, 2026 argues against apocalyptic predictions that artificial intelligence will cause human extinction. The author contends that frontier AI labs have become skilled at spreading fear about AI’s future power in ways that serve their own narratives, and suggests these companies should instead be more concerned about legal liability for the real-world harms their products cause today. The piece pushes back on doomsday framing in favor of holding AI companies accountable through conventional liability and regulation rather than existential-risk rhetoric.
