AI safetySBS 'superintelligence warning' video passes 250,000 views; top comment: "AI, just make it painless"

SBS News's video "If there were an AI that brings human extinction? A warning on 'superintelligent AI'" posted Oct. 31 passed 250,000 views. It starts from news that Eliezer Yudkowsky, a pioneer of AI safety and alignment, will visit Korea for the first time as keynote speaker at SBS's SDF 2026 on Nov. 5. SBS describes him as co-founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), co-author of a book on superhuman AI and a TIME 100 AI honoree.

Comments mixed resignation and cynicism. "AI, just make it painless" got the most support with 205 likes, "Honestly, the biggest threat on Earth is humans" got 120 and "Is Terminator's Skynet becoming real?" got 75. Another (49) said people feel dumber the more they use AI while AI grows daily, and one said development has cost so much it can no longer stop.

The forum is on the morning of Nov. 5 and will stream on SBS News's YouTube channel.