AI Fear-Mongering Has Gone Mainstream: Normies Now Think LLMs Are Black Magic
bindureddy · x · 2026-09-10
The author laments that AI fear-mongering has gone mainstream: ordinary people now believe LLMs are some kind of black magic. His rebuttal: an LLM can't destroy civilization — if something goes wrong, you can literally pull the plug. A blunt pushback against overhyped doomer narratives.
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