A long critique argues the AI boom has become a mass psychosis echo chamber
farmerbb · hn · 2026-07-21
This long opinion piece argues that the AI boom has turned into a mass-psychosis-style echo chamber, driven by incompetent people repeating one another.
It is framed as a critique of the broader AI discourse rather than a product or research update.
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