AI Doom Narratives Are Like Hollywood Disaster Movies — Just Set in SF
rao2z · x · 2026-09-11
The author draws a parallel between Hollywood disaster movies, where all apocalypses conveniently happen in NY or LA, and AI doomer narratives that center on the San Francisco Bay Area — suggesting the existential-risk discourse reflects a narrow Silicon Valley-centric perspective rather than a global reality.
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