"Hard to find a group more sincere than the AI doom crowd," dev quips
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-11
jdpressman quips it's hard to think of a group more sincere than the AI doom crowd, quoting Akarlin's take: doomers are likely wrong on multiple axes about actual risk and its avoidability, but they are generally smart people who sincerely believe it — not on any party's payroll or pumping IPOs.
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