Coogan: Paul Christiano's portfolio bets on AI success, not doom
John Coogan · Washington Hones in on AI Safety, What Are AI Doomers Proposing | Diet TBPN · Sep 12, 2026 · at 23:50
John Coogan analyzes the financial portfolio of AI safety researcher Paul Christiano in response to Tyler Cowen's argument that AI doomers should short the market.
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“This doesn't seem like a doom based bet. This seems like this bet also pays out in just like the good ending and like AI. Is real and delivers value. So your AI bets perform well, the market performs well, and money slides from US debt to data centers and AI build out debt or something like that. So he is putting his money where his mouth is, but it doesn't feel like a representation of like doom by any means.”
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