Years of AI-denier talking points evaporate from discourse in just days
harris_edouard · x · 2026-09-11
- Edouard Harris remarks that tropes AI deniers used for years—"stochastic parrot," "listen to the people building it," "regulatory capture PR stunt," "don't anthropomorphize the models"—evaporated from discourse within days.
- Follow-ups explain each collapse: the Millennium Prize win, 1,400 builders calling to slow down, an alleged model escape with felonies, and anthropomorphization being the only analogy left.
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