Replit CEO joins backlash against AI doomers, says focus should be on cybersecurity not sci-fi
amasad · x · 2026-09-11
A thread of comments continues the AI-community fight over "AI doomers": David Sacks suggested critics are suffering from "AI psychosis," and the reposted take goes further, saying people should simply assume doomers are mentally ill — "the easiest disease to catch." It follows Replit CEO Amjad Masad's public remark that existential-risk talk is a "disservice to the conversation" and attention should go to cybersecurity instead.
Related event: Replit CEO Backs Sacks, Calls AI Doom Predictions "AI Psychosis"(3 posts)→
More from AGI Musings
- AI safety insider: cheap extinction-risk talk is destroying the public's imagination of AI — Dr_Atoosa · 2026-09-11
- New essay argues scaling laws originate in data structure, not architectures — gleech · 2026-09-11
- Seeking Optimism: Reddit Debates Whether Superintelligence Means Extinction — joshlove182 · 2026-09-11
- BlackHC: x-risk unlikely with current models, but rises sharply within a decade without changes — BlackHC · 2026-09-11
- Why AI doomerism splits by generation: Xennial optimism vs Zoomer fear — nptacek · 2026-09-11
- Worried about AI ending humanity? Here's what's really happening — theipaper · 2026-09-11