AI Doomers Compared to Climate Alarmism: Fear as a Power Play
geoffwolfe · x · 2026-09-13
@123skely argues that a generation raised on "climate change will kill us in 1-2 years" — a deadline that kept getting pushed back — now sees the AI-doomer wave as the same flavor: using fear to manipulate people into granting others power over what counts as "correct" or "safe." @geoffwolfe called it an apt comparison.
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