Rob Leclerc: AI doomer scenarios assume AI defies physics and humans abdicate agency
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-07
AI founder Rob Leclerc offers a terse rebuttal to doom narratives: most AI doomer scenarios require AI to be unencumbered by the laws of physical reality and a complete abdication of human agency — neither of which he finds realistic.
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