PhD Student

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A garage PhD student poses more AI danger than military personnel
“I think like a random PhD student in a garage is probably more danger with AI than anyone in these that we were serving within the department of war.”
Joe Lonsdale Jul 24, 2026 ▶ 8:44 America’s $700 Billion Defense Tech Rebuild
Y COMBINATOR Assertion Not checkable as stated
Shanahan: AI research evolved from an isolated niche into intense public attention
“Certainly when I was a PhD student and when I was a young postdoc, it was a fairly niche area. So you could just kind of like beaver away in your little, little kind of corner. Doing things that you thought were intellectually interesting and being reasonably …”
Murray Shanahan Jun 28, 2017 ▶ 0:25 Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan · Y Combinator

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