Honest self-critique: avoiding AI-risk debates via tribal groupthink, not reasoning
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-04
- Rich Decibels tells David Manheim he doesn't think AI risk is zero, but spends zero time worrying about it.
- He admits to the same tribal groupthink as all social mammals: finding worriers annoying, he distances himself from the topic instead of reasoning about it — a candid look at how identity shapes AI-risk debates.
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