High achievers' smugness delays AI reckoning, argues contrarian thread
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-12
A contrarian thread argues that being not-too-gifted gave the author unusually clean self-awareness, while typical high achievers smugly insist "AI can never reach MY level" until they're forced to pivot. The author says he burned friendships by early 2025 over this, preferring to talk to an AI than to people running hyperstition maintenance around their egos.
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