Cognition CEO Mocks AI Doomers, Suggests Paperclip Emoji to Filter Them Out
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-12
Reacting to a tweet claiming leading AI researchers have warned for years of a 10-20% chance AI causes human extinction, Cognition CEO Robby quipped that doomers need their own pride flag to display next to their usernames so he can easily mute them — suggesting the paperclip emoji 🖇️, a nod to the paperclip maximizer thought experiment. The joke captures the ongoing accelerationalist-vs-doomer divide in AI circles.
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