SF AGI Scene Quirk: Young Crowd's Blend of Seriousness and Irreverence
anpaure · x · 2026-08-08
A user comments on the oddity of the SF AGI/ASI social scene: because everyone is so young, the thinking is tinged with irreverence, ironic detachment, yearning, insecurity, and a superposition of absolute belief in importance and disbelief. People are dead serious yet uncertain.
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