Criticizing AI fatalism: forecasts that assume away human agency
sebkrier · x · 2026-09-09
Sébastien Krier criticizes the fatalism prevalent in parts of the AI world, where human agency is assumed away too quickly — as if a forecast were a passive observation: "I've had no involvement in nurturing this outcome, and my actions on this prediction will play no role in bringing it about." He sardonically notes one could always lean the other way, but "I've never thought it quite honest to act against one's own forecast" — highlighting how such framing excuses inaction.
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