LLMs rival the printing press in impact — but separate the doom loops from the real path
teodorio · x · 2026-09-14
The author argues LLMs are a groundbreaking technology — a combination of the internet and the printing press in potential impact, possibly the largest pure intellectual discovery ever for human economic activity. His point: like nuclear reactors before, we need to separate psychological doom loops from the actual, real path forward.
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