AI Policy Debates Have Become About Tribes, Not Ideas, Argues Sebkrier
sebkrier · x · 2026-09-11
Sebkrier argues that the strange alliances in AI policy reveal a reluctance to engage with ideas: people fixate on group affiliation, aesthetics, and identity rather than substance. The same concept, reframed for different audiences, could win both approval and opposition from the same person.
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