Researcher slates sci-fi doom storytelling in AI funding pitches
suchenzang · x · 2026-09-02
Researcher Suchenzang argues that technical precision bores capital allocators, so AI people must perform as jesters to raise money—yet prescient predictive power and creative storytelling are essentially isomorphic. He criticizes sci-fi-style hysteria as the root of datacenter backlash, and suggests non-technical folks ask more questions and use more precise language instead.
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