Dan Faggella sorts Jacob Coxon's critics into naive AGI skeptics and tactical demagogues
tawnniee · x · 2026-09-12
Amid the Jacob Coxon drama, Dan Faggella argues his critics fall into two camps: people who naively think AGI is like any other tech, and tactical demagogues who privately believe AGI could be lethal but want to counter pure safety-ism. A snapshot of the ongoing rift inside the AI safety discourse.
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