"Fearing AI Isn't Stupid, Banning It Like Fire Would Be": Anti-Moratorium Take
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-09-12
A widely shared one-liner in AI circles argues that fearing AI might kill you isn't stupid — just as fearing fire isn't — but trying to ban fire would be. The analogy is being used to counter hard-moratorium positions on advanced AI, encapsulating the 'regulate use, don't ban the technology' camp's core argument.
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