gfodor: "it will kill everyone" AI doomer rhetoric backfires
inductionheads · x · 2026-09-12
gfodor argues that rationalists believe saying "it will kill everyone" — instead of "it will kill many thousands or even millions" — makes people more terrified of AI, when in fact the effect is the complete opposite. Yet they can't help themselves. A pointed critique of doomer framing in AI-risk communication.
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