Joshua Saxe on influencer entrepreneurs who profit from denying inconvenient AI truths
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-09-03
Security researcher Joshua Saxe criticizes a recurring pattern: whenever an inconvenient truth carries emotional demand for it to be false, influencer entrepreneurs profit by making pernicious opinions sound smart.
- He cites pandemic denial, election denial, climate denial, and denial of tech immigrants' contributions as precedents
- His target is today's AI debate: AI maxing out every cybersecurity eval with no signs of stopping may be an important signal, yet it's being drowned out by a denial industry
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