Twitter shows near-zero sympathy for Fields medalists' anti-AI letter, even AI critics recoil
tszzl · x · 2026-09-12
tszzl notes that Twitter's reaction to the letter from the Fields medalists shows essentially zero sympathy, with even people normally opposed to AI companies expressing disgust at it. He frames this as an interesting shift in AI-circle sentiment: a high-profile open letter from leading mathematicians failed to land, backfiring even among the letter's natural-sympathy audience.
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