Ethan Mollick: Labs' weird discourse signals everyone is in reaction mode
emollick · x · 2026-09-09
Ethan Mollick observes that discourse from people working at AI labs has become "super weird, even for AI discourse," which he reads as a sign that everyone is in reaction mode to fast-moving events in both revealed AI capability and public perception.
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