'I feel less alone': AI safety anxiety becomes a shared community mood
ShakeelHashim · x · 2026-09-14
Roon colvile admitted he's been genuinely terrified about AI for months — losing sleep — and finds it a relief to see "all the right people freaking out" too. Shakeel Hashim echoed that he suddenly feels less alone. The exchange captures how AI doom anxiety has become a shared emotional current within the practitioner community.
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