AI doomers find validation: public and policymakers start taking real threats seriously
binarybits · x · 2026-08-21
AI doomers, previously frustrated by ignored warnings, are seeing a shift as recent events like data center builds and Mythos demonstrate that the public and policymakers take threats seriously once they materialize. 2023 was simply too early for the concerns to gain widespread traction.
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