Critic says AI doubters quietly pivoted from 'snake oil' to 'normal technology' after being proven wrong
nitarshan · x · 2026-09-08
deepfates argues that prominent skeptics who long dismissed AI as snake oil only reframed it as "normal technology" once it became exceedingly obvious otherwise — and worries the same rhetorical pivot may repeat itself in current AI debates.
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