AI doomers get called out: moral signaling without building isn't action
nptacek · x · 2026-09-13
Developer bitcloud criticizes AI doomers and reactionaries for treating "apathetic indignation" as moral action. Having worried about AI two decades ago, he argues genuine concern means doing the work — cybersecurity, provenance research, decentralization — and claims those who do usually conclude AI risks are navigable, but only through active builders, not bystanders.
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