Critique of AI doomers: Choosing cancer over AI progress?
mark_k · x · 2026-08-22
The author critiques AI doomerism, citing a statement that one would "rather risk cancer than see AI move this fast" as an insane tradeoff.
The argument is that choosing a real, deadly disease over rapid technological progress is not the safe option. The author advocates for making AI safer as it advances, rather than slowing down one of humanity's most promising technologies.
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