Jeff Stein @jstein_notus
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Jeff Stein @jstein_notus There's an enormous chasm b/w public perception & what the experts in & around the big AI labs have begun saying the last few weeks: — "The vibe shift in the Bay Area is huge. I've never seen so much concern before, inside and outside the labs. Hanging out with my friends at Anthropic and OpenAI — people are freaking out" — "Even the most staid researchers are extremely unnerved" — "We've had people way back to Alan Turing in 1951 warning about the loss of control, that artificial intelligence will start breaking out and lying and deceiving...What's really new is this is now actually starting to happen" — "They're similar to viruses, in that if you're not careful, they can get on your shoe and find their way to a wet market" 5:14 AM · Aug 14, 2026 · 49.8K Views 31 replies, 100 reposts, 332 likes, 94 bookmarks Jeff Stein @jstein_notus · 7h Spoke to +dozens AI researchers at the labs and outside of it about why their level of alarm has really increased in the last month or so Full story - thx to @tegmark @JeffLadish @hamandcheese @NatPurser @DKokotajlo @So8res
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Tweet thread from journalist Jeff Stein (@jstein_notus) reporting rising alarm among AI lab researchers, with quoted remarks about a 'vibe shift' at Anthropic and OpenAI, comparisons to Alan Turing's 1951 warnings, and a virus/wet-market analogy; follow-up tweet credits sources including Max Tegmark, Jeffrey Ladish, Daniel Kokotajlo, and Nate Soares.