Anthropologist Calls Silicon Valley AI Doomerism an Old American Habit

Economist Paul Novosad argues Silicon Valley's AI doom obsession reflects a longstanding strain of American eschatology, likening AI doomers to millenarian evangelists and saying it shouldn't raise our estimate of actual AI risk.

2026-09-27 ~ 2026-09-27 · 3 related posts

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