A renowned computer scientist once skeptical of the AI singularity now says humanity is 'certainly at risk'

Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist and former OpenAI researcher, wrote in a blog that the AI singularity has arrived. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Scott Aaronson is a theoretical computer scientist who previously worked at OpenAI on AI safety. In a blog, Aaronson wrote that he believes the "AI Singularity" has arrived. Aaronson didn't say if AI will wipe out humanity, but wrote that the transformative phase has begun. A lot of X posts, prose, and proselytizing have been spilled on the internet recently about the impending AI apocalypse and whether we've passed the point of no return. Here's another one eloquently put by the acclaimed theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson, whose research has helped us understand the limits of quantum computing. Oh, and he had a stint at OpenAI working on the theoretical foundations of AI safety and alignment: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA," he wrote. That's 113 letters A.