Satire: San Francisco is so spooked by AI safety that strangers get asked their p(doom)
ctjlewis · x · 2026-09-12
A satirical post mocks how deeply AI safety discourse has soaked into San Francisco: the author approaches a stressed-looking stranger at a bus stop to ask about misaligned AI, agent swarms and RL sandbox escapes, and even his p(doom) — only for the confused commuter to respond 'is this some gay thing?' and board the bus. The punchline: 'People are not handling all this news well.'
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