Blaming all AI doomerism on Yudkowsky ignores that sci-fi got there first
moultano · x · 2026-09-11
Mocking "Yudkowsky Monocause Theory" — the claim that Eliezer Yudkowsky alone is the source of all sci-fi-sounding AI doomer ideas, with followers likened to a cult. moultano quips that this narrative implies Yudkowsky predates science fiction itself, since such ideas long existed in the genre. A slice of AI-safety community discourse.
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