Viral Quip Predicts AI Doom Discourse Will Just Keep Moving the Goalposts
nabla_theta · x · 2026-09-11
nablatheta joked that in a few years people will dismiss AI killing everyone as "a distraction from the REAL problems, like the nanobot swarm that just consumed France" — a satirical take on how AI doom discourse keeps escalating its threat scenarios.
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